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Re: Show HN: Larry's Cheap Houses – Deep Learning Powered Real Estate Deals

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Post by _coveredInBees »

This is such buzzword powered horseshit. Absolutely nothing about this problem domain requires Deep Learning. Simple regression models if implemented properly can do just fine. Not to mention that sites like Redfin/Zillow have access to far more data and already have pretty good models for the most part. Just because you can throw a Neural net at a given problem, doesn't make it the right thing to do...

I'd be a lot more forgiving if the site that was linked was an actual blog post that contained information on how deep learning helped tackle this problem. But all the site is, is a way to aggregate emails while throwing buzzwords in your face.

Re: Show HN: Larry's Cheap Houses – Deep Learning Powered Real Estate Deals

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Post by justboxing »

nsb1 wrote: post #16
teeray wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I will, but mentioning mailinator usually leads to its domains getting blacklisted :)

Heh. True. I'm with you though - I want to browse on my schedule, not be pushed yet more email that I have to sift through.

> not be pushed yet more email that I have to sift through

Makes sense, but I believe it's a lot easier to monetize an email list of niche subscribers for something like this.[1]

[1] Source : 320K / mo => https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/scotts-cheap-flights-...

Re: Show HN: Larry's Cheap Houses – Deep Learning Powered Real Estate Deals

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Post by faitswulff »

Hey Larry, quick recommendation for your photo at the end - you should probably get a better professional photo that conveys reliability and confidence in your body language, or at the very least, flip the image so it draws readers' eyes toward the text.

Ex. https://imgur.com/a/0tb01

Re: Show HN: Larry's Cheap Houses – Deep Learning Powered Real Estate Deals

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Post by AdmiralAsshat »

No privacy policy is kind of a red flag. I mean I'm assuming this is a proof of concept / work in progress, but I also have to assume you're gonna want to monetize it at some point, so I want to know what you're gonna do with my e-mail address before I give it to you.

Re: Show HN: Larry's Cheap Houses – Deep Learning Powered Real Estate Deals

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Post by nedwin »

_coveredInBees wrote: post #21

This is such buzzword powered horseshit. Absolutely nothing about this problem domain requires Deep Learning. Simple regression models if implemented properly can do just fine. Not to mention that sites like Redfin/Zillow have access to far more data and already have pretty good models for the most part. Just because you can throw a Neural net at a given problem, doesn't make it the right thing to do... I'd be a lot…

Does it make it the wrong thing to do? I've never seen anyone so mad at someone for their technical decisions.

Redin/Zillow et al won't show you cap rates.

Re: Show HN: Larry's Cheap Houses – Deep Learning Powered Real Estate Deals

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Post by matt_heimer »

Pressing the button without entering an email results in a popup that says:

Error! Please contact us at founders@larryscheaphouses.com and we'll figure out what's going on.

Considering the number of people that are going to glance over the text and assume that the button lets them see the deals you might want to have some basic help text.

Re: Show HN: Larry's Cheap Houses – Deep Learning Powered Real Estate Deals

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Post by lawrencewu »

_coveredInBees wrote: post #21

This is such buzzword powered horseshit. Absolutely nothing about this problem domain requires Deep Learning. Simple regression models if implemented properly can do just fine. Not to mention that sites like Redfin/Zillow have access to far more data and already have pretty good models for the most part. Just because you can throw a Neural net at a given problem, doesn't make it the right thing to do... I'd be a lot…

Hey there. I found that regression models do okay when the feature-set is simple. And I can see that deep learning seems like overkill but I found that it can create models that does justice to the complexity of real estate.

Re: Show HN: Larry's Cheap Houses – Deep Learning Powered Real Estate Deals

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Post by jeffreyrogers »

rco8786 wrote: post #8
AznHisoka wrote: post #2

Often when there is a great deal, it means there is something wrong with the house or neighborhood.

Worth nothing that neither of those things disqualifies something from being a great deal.

The neighborhood matters if you have kids because it determines what schools your kids can go to.

Re: Show HN: Larry's Cheap Houses – Deep Learning Powered Real Estate Deals

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Post by timClicks »

nedwin wrote: post #26
_coveredInBees wrote: post #21

This is such buzzword powered horseshit. Absolutely nothing about this problem domain requires Deep Learning. Simple regression models if implemented properly can do just fine. Not to mention that sites like Redfin/Zillow have access to far more data and already have pretty good models for the most part. Just because you can throw a Neural net at a given problem, doesn't make it the right thing to do... I'd be a lot…

Does it make it the wrong thing to do? I've never seen anyone so mad at someone for their technical decisions. Redin/Zillow et al won't show you cap rates.

Yes. It's completely overblown. To me, that demonstrates that the person behind this is either a) ignorant of the fundamentals or b) just riding the hype wave to attract the naive.

There is of course option c). That would be that taking a contrarian view on the technology will provide a strategic advantage to a business. But I don't see how that would apply here.

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