I ask because I have just picked up a line of products that I am looking to get info out to and sell to a specific customer base.I am confident that my competitors are not using this type of marketing.

Barriers to entry for future competitors. 

Sometimes a swipe For Rent sign in the yard is enough and a lot of folks use Zillow in their searches. 

It occurred to me after I wrote this post that a "competitor" probably flagged my ad or whatever they do.

Saving 2% in processing and 3% elsewhere is what is required to survive and/or thrive, while competitors are shutting down or being bought out.Other trends in 2021:- Paying existing tenants to conduct showings before vacating, thus not needing to pay real estate brokers - No office, be completely remote, save $$$$$ by not having an office space- Virtual team: pay $5 per hour to an expert European consultant instead of $20 to an entry level American.- Your property photos = marketing content, professional photoshoot / videos / 3D walk-throughs = major change in demand generation

I would like to respond to Ivo Radloff, if you really are a person or a competitor.

I generally don't like bidding at auctions but if my competitors don't know what they're bidding on, they might bid too low so I might get this one.

A lot of this concept is explained in the Keynesian Beauty Contest theory where only the top competitors get the most notoriety but the best picks are hidden in the field.

Yet our competitors (the other developers) don't do that.

It took 90 minutes for Daily News to 'steal' the Empire State BuildingIn one of the biggest heists in American history, the Daily News "stole" the $2 billion Empire State Building.And it wasn't that hard.The News swiped the 102-story Art Deco skyscraper by drawing up a batch of bogus documents, making a fake notary stamp and filing paperwork with the city to transfer the deed to the property.