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		adventured on July 13, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Miami is drowning while the powers that be look aw... Basically yes. You can buy ETFs that are short real estate. You can short real estate ETFs that focus on various real estate specialties. If you think the Florida real estate market will be destroyed, you can focus on local, public real estate companies and short them.

presidentender on July 13, 2014 [–]

By what mechanism does the ETF go short on real estate? Stocks are fungible, so borrowing shares to sell them makes sense, but I just can't make sense of the mechanism for real estate.

dustcoin on July 13, 2014 | [–]

The ETF could short REITs (Real estate investment trusts) that hold Miami property.

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