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Zillow Gone Wild, Compass Files For IPO, & A $350M Home Makes Its Debut

If you frequently and endlessly scroll through Instagram šŸ“ø *and* you love 😻 anything having to do with houses, you may have already come across the Instagram account known as Zillow Gone Wild šŸ¤Ŗā€”although the account was created only two weeks šŸ“… ago, it has since amassed over 440,000 followers. If you're not already following, you're in for a treat šŸ¬.


Compass has filed confidentially 🤐 to go public šŸ“ˆ. The residential brokerage, which has raised $1.5 billion šŸ’µ from investors including SoftBank šŸ¦, said it submitted a draft registration statement šŸ“‘ with the U.S. šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.


After nearly a decade of design šŸ§‘ā€šŸŽØ and development šŸ— work, what is being billed as ā€œthe world’s most expensive homeā€ is finally ready for its close-up. Set on a five-acre parcel in the posh Los Angeles 🌓 enclave of Bel Air—and aptly named The One—the 105,000-square-foot property’s interiors have remained a closely guarded secret 😶. Until now. AD has been an exclusive look šŸ‘€ at what’s inside this record-setting šŸ„‡ property—and the design and aesthetic minds 🧠 that made it happen.


Starting from scratch šŸ“ in a new industry means earning everything—from opportunities, to meetings with investors šŸ¤‘, to your clients’ trust. When you’re in an industry that’s especially traditional, like law āš–ļø , accounting 🧮, or real estate šŸ , for example, it can be even more challenging 😩 to land those first few clients. You’re not only competing with other professionals—you’re also pushing your way 😤 into your area’s entrenched hierarchy šŸ™…ā€ā™€ļø, whether you’re in a small town in the Midwest or a city like LA or Chicago.



When Opendoor, Zillow Offers and other ā€œiBuyersā€ popped up šŸ†™ around the country šŸ—ŗ a few years ago, they hoped to upend šŸ™ƒ the traditional homebuying process by doing for real estate what Amazon did for online shopping šŸ›’ by using technology šŸ¤– to eliminate āŒ all the hassles and uncertainties šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø of buying and selling a house. That included offering sellers ā€œinstantā€ ā³ online offers on properties the companies would later resell.


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