COMPs are much more sophisticated than simple CMAs, COMPs are the best Marketing forecast, done by Marketing economists such as university professors who teach Marketing Economics.With a glance at today’s economy, we can forecast the answer by watch the trend of the first 1-6 point and analyze point  7 and 8:1- Consumer confidence index is it up or down2- Business confidence index is it up or down3- Bond yield is it up or down4- GDP on the rise is it up or down5- The Stock market is climbing or declining6- Interest rate is it up or down7- Quantitative easing: What does that mean?

And since there are fewer of them, those private firms are in the house flipping business.

“Never in history have there been more eyes on fewer homes than today.”The housing market has seen a 7 percent decrease in days on the market from last year to 63 days, and total listings decreased 8 percent year-over-year to 1.29 million.

The first step is to recognize there's a problem and get mad at it.I used Dave Ramsey's baby steps to get out of consumer debt, $87k worth.

At this point in the economic cycle, there are fewer used cars for dealer inventory so the prices have crept up.

If you name 3 or fewer potential replacements on your 45 day list then it does not matter how much they are worth. 

Here in Connecticut there are many people moving to different states due to taxes and opportunities, and much fewer people are moving here.  

But realtors should know and feel safe charging the full 6 points to the sale, because its like pulling teeth to make consumers understand the true gravity of such a Massive "Tax Free" Equity Savings this can be!

If there was, there would be a lot fewer successful people on this site as I see a lot of people who have had success using conflicting strategies.

I like the idea of basing my offer relative the worst case scenario, might not close as many as if I were to go higher, but as a beginner I probably need to keep in mind “the fewer I close, probably the more profitable each individual one will be” (the lower my offers are, the lower my close ratio will be).And probably a better place to start, than as if I knew what I was doing. :)Thank you both for your wisdom.Cameron