UWM/HPFC/Quicken by contrast have to pay out salaries that let folks afford merely to live in metro Detroit, and then someone like me comes along and sends UWM / HPFC (Quicken wholesale is on my "to try" list) several million dollars of business per month consisting of Oakland / Berkeley / etc $750k+ mortgages (remember, per unit overhead is flat, profit is from loan amount... $1.5m comprising two mortgages is significantly more profitable than $1.5m consisting of 15 x $100k mortgages). 

By having the contract recorded, at least you'll protect your interests if this should happen to you.In contrast, having your buyer sign a non-compete agreement will do nothing to protect your interests if the seller backs out of the deal.Personally, I'd just record your contracts.

I'm working on my first SFH right now, mainly to be able to contrast them.

A contrasting example would be a sfr w/adu further from the city core and in a less walkable part of time.

There has been no official outreach to Placer county STR permit holders which contrasts to their extensive and clear outreach for the last shutdown.   

Contrast that to buying, which involves underwriting hundreds of properties, traveling to perhaps dozens of properties, spending money on due diligence for deals that don’t close or legal fees that never make it to contract…just to buy one deal.  

Contrast that to a family staying in 2 or more hotel rooms. 

The 2022 Austin real estate market was a year of extreme contrasts.

By contrast you can get a 10% net rental yield overseas and capital gains in the same areas.

The insurance provider for the contractor has, in contrast, claimed that the contractor was in no way responsible for the damage.