These people rushed to buy homes during COVID. Now they regret it.

This comment by one of the subjects of the article makes no sense at all.
"She sold the house a few months after buying it. After the repairs, agents' fees and transaction costs, she says, "I lost a lot of money." She now lives in a rented studio in L.A.'s Koreatown, where she says she's much happier. "It still hurts," she says, but "it's just good to have my money back and move on to other things. And never see the house again.""

How can you lose money, yet feel good to have your money back? If you lost money, you do not have your money back.