Regardless if it was for tall grass, unlicensed vehicles, leaving the trash out too long, malicious animals, failure to keep snow removed from path to mailbox etc. 

Also, the rate the fed is always adjusting isn't the mortgage rate only something that influences it.

Just mowed the grass.  10 acre subdivision lot bought for $10,000 sold for $50,000.  

If the transaction has "hair", the feds care and financial crimes can be prosecuted for up to 10 years after the transaction. 

@Duke Butterfield You are thinking like a true grass roots investor. 

Do they have 5k in high weeds/grass built up from a year of the city mowing at $300 a pop?

Common misconception that the fed funds controls mortgage rates but that is not how it works. 

The grass may look greener on the other side , but is it really ?

Nobody likes to work hard in the heat.The biggest concern in the past has been winter, but 2024 was the warmest year on record and we have seen +3F on average in every season, which really took the edge of winter (you can call it brown grass season now) while summers are pleasant 75-85F.The cost of living is low, yet the quality of live is relatively high.

Valdosta, like most markets, has seen an uptick in inventory since the beginning of the rate hiking cycle from the FED.