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by lazide 400 days ago
Huh? Sellers can always sell to individuals without ever publically listing, and Sellers always have the option of (non-obviously) discriminating this way.

Hell, sellers can just tell people at their church group, madrasa, whatever that they’re thinking if selling.

It’s common for less economically minded sellers to pick a lower offer from someone they like, or have some personal connection with their story on, etc.

Even if listed publicly, they can pick and choose whatever buyer they want, as long as they don’t explicitly say they used a protected class as the justification for excluding someone.

Doing so would be a dumb unforced error (no one has to tell a buyer why they rejected their offer!), but I’m sure idiots do it all the time.