They should not SET the commission amount, because as the DOJ says, they do so under the threat of a group boycott if they don't offer the "standard" (which I know is a word you are not supposed to say).The reason Realtors and the NAR are fighting so hard to keep seller set commissions, is that buyers do not believe they get $12,000 worth of service when they buy the average $400k home.

Will we see home prices continue to beat year-over-year values yet again!?!?

Consolidation needs to cycle, with all infrastructure maturing to fully meet new size and facilitate continued growth.

I have LTR’s in Akron, I will continue to buy more.

I have been with a property management company for 2-3 years in Arizona and the property is being run continuously at a loss.

Please continue to share with us! 

At the numbers you are talking about and where the market is heading you could pick up some very high quality NNN national credit tenant properties as commercial continues to recover. 

With respect to the LLC, you can continue to reuse the LLC since you’re not keeping properties in the LLC.

Obviously if I held all these properties long term I could continue to 1031 from property to property and indefinitely defer long term capital gains.

Although 2024 was generally considered a seller's market, based on what's going on in the new and the real estate market --- Do you think 2025 will be a buyer's market or continue to be a seller's market?