The whole reason for the recent NAR lawsuit is because buyers and sellers are restricted by archaic system of fees when technology is available to make the process faster and more simple.

So this "they only charge 5% a year" (when they know very well that despite NAR false claims, it costs between 15- 35% plus to 'resell' via the NAR / MLS, etc. at RETAIL, over 1- 6 months time...) makes no 'logical' business sense, whatsoever... so that then leaves only the: "wash, rinse and repeat,"OPTION!

Lawrence Yun, NAR Chief Economist Forecast says home sales will rise by 13.5%.

Echoing this, the National Association of Realtors NAR Housing Affordability Index is at 91.4, as of October, down from 94.5 in September, the lowest reading since the 1980s.

BLS, NAR, Zillow Research etc... whereas if you're looking for multi / commercial, there are publications like REIS, Costar, CBRE that will have more focused reports. 

But the NAR study includes Flat Fee MLS listings with agent listings, not with FSBO listings.2.

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) the average flip makes $65k gross profit (before subtracting rehab costs, holding costs, etc) ,but only $15k net profit, (that's what you put to your pocket for all your risk and effort) and takes 6 months from purchase to selling.

Or, a FEW bad actors whose intention isn't even to wholesale, but to cloud title and then charge a fee in the future to uncloud title when the homeowner wants to transact.However, the anti-wholesaling movement, which is really outlawing wholesaling without a license, is being driven by NAR (national association of realtors) and NOT by consumer protection agencies.

I figured since people would still be close to their community, markets, shops, and restaurants, while capitalizing on much more affordable housing (on the Det side) investing there would be a win.

How about BPCon in San Diego coming up in September/October.Also you have company agnostic NAR conference every year.Depending on where you are there may also be a company agnostic State Assoc of Realtor Conference in your area/state....those can be good...depending on what your goal is.At KW we have two....giant 15000 person type 3 day conference called family reunion.....always has provided me more value than I put into it....but everyone is different...I got to every class I can fit in...some just go to party, so not sure if that is good value or not.