These rules, which include a requirement that sellers set aside a portion of the purchase price for buyer-agent commissions, prohibitions on modifying the commission, and permission to filter listings by commission, all enable NAR, its co-defendants, and its members to maintain buyer-agent commissions at supra-competitive levels unrelated to brokers’ experience or the services provided, steer home buyers away from lower commission homes, and drive out discounters—among other harms."

That is a great point, the barriers will create a tremendous amount of scarcity.

There's a "discount" for the state specific LLCs for Platinum membership.My equity is over $1 million with properties in the Bay Area but over $14,000 set up for 4 properties (3 SFH and 1 multi-unit) is a lot.

Due to interest rates, it is now important more in the Post-COVID years to buy at a discount. 

If your wife can qualify for REPS, that would help tremendously since you are a high income earner.

(Side note: there has been tremendous rental growth over the past year, so the fact that they still couldn’t hit the targets is scary!)

Hi all,The end of 2023 we purchased a 4-plex with $12224 in discount points on the mortgage.

Might as well pay yourself.If you do already own, and you're truly looking for your first investment, saving up a bit more so you can get into a SFH isn't a bad idea, but don't discount condos.

You can also sell the home with a sink full of feces but expect fewer buyers with discounted prices.

They’re less than 1/4 mile away from each other and Lowe’s has a great selection of in stock appliances and certain things that Home Depot doesn’t while my contractor gets a better discount on certain things from Home Depot.