Some times we had artificial security camera's put up on the premises with a sign saying, smile you are on a camera, and all these things seemed to help.  

The problem is all of these Newbies are driving up the prices artificially for the rest of us that know what we are doing.

Now, I'm off to make lots & lots of more money doing Subject To's helping people who would otherwise have to bring money into closing, or can't wait the number of months listing in the MLS or who don't like people traipsing through their houses at odd times, or in their bathrooms pawing through their medicines, or can't afford to fix up the place to sell it, or who otherwise need to sell but don't want to list in the MLS .

Question for the group -

After speaking to the listing agent on a home that recently sold, she told me the appraisal came in at 168k + the buyer added 5k to sweet'n he deal due to multiple offers, My question is..
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And my dad (who is a doctor) told me that medicine is 90% diagnosis and 10% treatment.

Add in that the average person stays in a home for 7 to 8 years, and those that bought at an artificial low 7 to 8 years ago are looking at normalized pricing and domt want to trade up, further exasperating the inventory problem.

Obviously with increased credit via lowering lending standards and artificially low interest rates (below what the market would set).    

We have artificially inflated prices, in most of the areas with cash sales to out-of-state folks, or local  cash buyers.

The property was impeccably maintained; and the reason it was such a low cap rate at the time of sale was because the rents had been kept artificially low by the sellers of the property who had owned it for 40 years.

I love Gardening (Organic), I grow medicinal herbs and make teas, Beekeeping (we just started back after my husband lost his hives several years ago); Nature Photography, Antiquing and Flea Markets (Pre-Covid we were planning to drive around the country going to different flea markets and antique fairs in our vintage Airstream; but those plans are on hold), Tai-Chi (Love it!)