Investment-wise, I purchased a single family home in Lancaster, CA back in 2010 which I unloaded last year for a decent profit.

This may be someone looking to unload a property and make some quick cash.

Knowing your area it can even take longer to unload while you are paying for everything including interim loan interest.

Go walking on the weekends(in summer people are out doing yard work) in your target neighborhoods and talk to people..let them know what you do, ask them if they have any property to sell or if they know anybody who is looking to unload some properties.

Currently, there is a new look in the Note market as the hedge funds don't care to do a lot of heavy lifting and unload the discounted notes that eventually are available in different OTC markets (FCI exchange, Noted Direct, PPR, etc.)

I can provide you with references upon request.How much are you needing to unload from your 1031?

Plus home prices are of even more narrow use in determining what happens on a macro economic scale since they serve as limited lagging indicator and much better ones exist, like new housing starts, lumber prices, foreclosure rate..

Another version of this is to go to lumber yard and talk to some of the account reps and see who's in good standing and go from there.Ideally though, hard to beat referrals from people with the same or similar standards as you... this way you increase the chances of success vs starting form scratch. 

Lumber has skyrocketed in the past year, steel just got hit with a 25% tariff, and quartz countertops from China are getting hit with duties as well.

I also saw you might be trying to unload some of your SFR portfolio... let's talk.