I think we are mostly in agreement.
I think a drop of 10% to 15% is reasonable although it may get overdone. It is hard to judge how many new investors will go away after the merger.
I hope you are right about the goal you have for RKT. It would be wonderful and with the powerhouse of Servicing (COOP), Lending (RKT), Sales (Redfin), and Auction (XOME); this could be a monster. It could be a paradigm shifting Company like General Electric, IBM, Amazon, Google, and NVIDIA. Face it, RKT is cutting the banks out of the home mortgage business.
Peace and thanks for all your informative messages!