How a low-flying, spy plane is setting your apartment rent
[{"id": "d7lf2s7", "text": "Spy plane?  Jeez...   I've been on the CoStar \"spy plane\", and I didn't feel like much of a spy.  It is pretty cool what they are doing though.", "replies": [{"id": "d7ljul6", "text": "crop dusters don't drive views", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d7lfitl", "text": "I hate CoStar.  Their data monopoly continues to disadvantage smaller CRE operations like mine.  They have absolute pricing authority.", "replies": [{"id": "d7lju05", "text": "it's not a monopoly, there are just really high barriers to entry, mainly in the amount of capital needed to pull something like this off.", "replies": [{"id": "d7lsstn", "text": "Their inelastic pricing would suggest this is more or less a monopoly whether that is technically the case or not.", "replies": [{"id": "d7mhvfl", "text": "I can't recall econ 101 at this point, but I wouldn't call it a monopoly since there are competing firms still out there. They are like the Google of CRE data.", "replies": [{"id": "d7mrymz", "text": "The point is that they can charge exorbitant fees due to their total market dominance regardless of the precise economic definition of monopoly.  As much as you seem to want to argue about an esoteric point, that is not arguable.  Also, this was obviously my point from the beginning.  But hey, don't let that stop you from trolling brother.", "replies": [{"id": "d7msfdh", "text": "I have no idea what they charge, so I can't comment on their pricing policies, just talking about what I know. ", "replies": [], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}, {"id": "d7p253b", "text": "Hi zverkalt,\n\nCrediFi provides property level data [search](https://www.credifi.com/) for free!", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]