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Pimlico Pied-à-terre

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    #21
    Originally posted by b0redom View Post
    For the sake of clarity, you mean you don't have a house right? You're not shorting someone else's.
    You short a house by borrowing it behind their back, selling it without telling them, waiting for it to fall in price and then secretly buy it back at at a lower price and pocket the difference.

    How hard can that be?

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      #22
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      You short a house by borrowing it behind their back, selling it without telling them, waiting for it to fall in price and then secretly buy it back at at a lower price and pocket the difference.
      This is remarkably close to the truth of the situation.
      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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