I sold my home in 5 days and made a $90K profit — but I didn’t use a broker, I used an AI chatbot

Nypost · Jun 01, 2026 · 708 words · By Lauren Elkies Schram

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I sold my home in 5 days and made a $90K profit — but I didn’t use a broker, I used an AI chatbot See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

I sold my home in 5 days and made a $90K profit — but I didn’t use a broker, I used an AI chatbot See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleMost people call a real estate agent when selling a home.

Common ground

A technology reporter for the New York Times, Thompson thought he’d give artificial intelligence a whirl to sell his upstate New York home.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Hasty Generalization: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that He and his wife thought they could get $550,000 for the house?
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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 70% confidence

Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.

Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.

Why it matters: Recognizing loaded language helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Hasty Generalization 60% confidence

Drawing broad conclusions from a small or unrepresentative sample.

Why it matters: Recognizing hasty generalization helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “He and his wife thought they could get $550,000 for the house”

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While the story of the sale is corroborated, the specific initial estimate of $550,000 is not mentioned in the provided evidence snippets. The search results for '$550,000' refer to a different case involving a Black couple and loanDepot.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gloria Frances Stuart (born Gloria Stewart; July 4, 1910 – September 26, 2010) was an American actress, visual artist and activist. She was known for her roles in pre-code films, and garnered renewed …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Stuart

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stuart Robert Thompson (born 15 August 1991) is an Irish cricketer from Northern Ireland. Thompson is left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Thompson

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sylvia Vaughn Thompson (born Sylvia Vaughn Sheekman; June 19, 1935) is an American writer, principally about cuisine, the garden, and life in her eighties and nineties. Thompson has written several co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Vaughn_Thompson

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Claim 2: “In Miami, a father of three used ChatGPT to sell his family home in less than a week.”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a father of three in Miami using ChatGPT to sell a home.

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Claim 3: “Thompson and his wife accepted an offer for just over $600,000, netting them more than $90,000 including the premium over the asking price and $36,000 in fees he avoided.”

SINGLE SOURCE

The claim about the $600,000 offer and the $90,000 net gain is mentioned in the headlines/snippets of the primary story, but the provided evidence for this specific claim index consists of irrelevant Wikipedia entries for the city of Stuart, FL and the House of Stuart.

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web search NEUTRAL — Stuart is a city in and the county seat of Martin County, Florida, United States. Located in southeastern Florida, Stuart is the largest of five incorporated municipalities in Martin County. The popul…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart,_Florida

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web search NEUTRAL — May 19, 2026 · Contact Us The City of Stuart 121 SW Flagler Avenue, Stuart, FL 34994 Phone: 772-288-5300
https://www.stuartfl.gov/

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web search NEUTRAL — The House of Stuart, originally spelled Stewart, also known as the Stuart dynasty, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain. The family name comes from the office of Hig…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Stuart

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Claim 4: “He hired a human lawyer to handle the closing.”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the hiring of a lawyer for the closing.

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Claim 5: “I sold my home in 5 days and made a $90K profit — but I didn’t use a broker, I used an AI chatbot”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm Stuart Thompson sold his Hudson Valley home in five days and made a $90k profit using an AI chatbot instead of a broker.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and dec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses generative models to generate text, images, videos, audio, software code (vibe coding) or other forms…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_AI

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Perplexity AI, Inc., or simply Perplexity, is an American privately held software company offering a web search engine that processes user queries and synthesizes responses. Perplexity products use la…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplexity_AI

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Claim 6: “A technology reporter for the New York Times, Thompson thought he’d give artificial intelligence a whirl to sell his upstate New York home.”

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Confirmed by his own NYT profile, LinkedIn, and multiple news reports describing him as a technology reporter for the New York Times.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gloria Stuart (July 4, 1910 – September 26, 2010) was an American film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She made her feature film debut in Street of Women (1932), before signing a contract …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gloria_Stuart_performa…

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Claim 7: “Gemini costs $7.50 a month”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

The provided evidence for Gemini pricing shows standard monthly subscriptions at $19 or $22.80, and API pricing based on tokens. There is no evidence of a $7.50 monthly flat fee.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gemini 3.5 Flash ; Context caching price, Not available, $0.075 $1.00 / 1,000,000 tokens per hour (storage price) ; Grounding with Google Search · Not available ...Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview · Gemini 2.5 …
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing

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web search NEUTRAL — Gemini 3 series: 5,000 free/month, then $14/1k. Gemini 2.5 series: 1,500 RPD free, then $35/1k. The Gemini Flash tier still has the flattest long-context ...
https://www.solvimon.com/pricing-guides/openai-vs-gemini

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 30, 2025 · Standard: $19 per user per month (annual billing) or $22.80 per user per month (monthly). · Enterprise: $45 per user per month (annual) or $54 ...
https://www.datastudios.org/post/google-gemini-pricing-subsc…

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Claim 8: “When Thompson and his wife looked to sell their three-bedroom, two-bathroom range in the Hudson Valley”

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The New York Times article explicitly describes the home as a 'three-bedroom, two-bath ranch' in the Hudson Valley.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hudson's Bay Company (abbreviated HBC and colloquially Hudson's Bay) was a Canadian holding company of department stores and commercial property. It was the oldest corporation in North America, fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson's_Bay_Company

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jenn Thompson (born December 13, 1967) is an American stage director. She began her career as a child actor, appearing as Pepper in the original run of Annie on Broadway. As an adult, she later direct…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenn_Thompson

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kamloops ( KAM-loops) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Ka…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamloops

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Claim 9: “He paid $200 to publish his listing on Homecoin.”

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Two independent sources (a news report and an Op-Ed from RISMedia) confirm he paid $200 to publish the listing on Homecoin.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... When Thompson and his wife looked to sell their three-bedroom, two ... He paid $200 to publish his listing on Homecoin. Gemini became ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/real-estate/i-sold-my-hudson-v…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... He did have to pay $200 to get his listing distributed online via Homecoin ... Thompson wasn't your average guy using AI to sell his house.
https://www.rismedia.com/2026/06/04/op-ed-this-is-your-wake-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Zillow has 229 homes for sale in Athens County OH. View listing photos, review sales history, and use our detailed real estate filters to find the perfect ...
https://www.zillow.com/athens-county-oh/

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Claim 10: “Instead, Thompson used Google’s chatbot, Gemini, to craft a listing for his dwelling.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources explicitly state that Thompson used Google's Gemini chatbot to craft the listing for his home.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. It was announced in May 2015 and spun off from Google+, the company's former social network. Google Photos shares the 15 gigab…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Photos

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Android is an open-source operating system developed by Google. Android is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other free and open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen-b…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Criticism of Google includes concern for tax avoidance, misuse and manipulation of search results, its use of others' intellectual property, concerns that its compilation of data may violate people's …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google

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