I also wondered what happened to average prices when rates rose precipitously, so I looked at cases where month-over-month rate increases were greater than 5% (this happened in only 22 of the 365 months observed).

Something I've observed in listening to the podcast and reading all the articles is how investors are getting conventional loans for their investments.

You can observe how many properties are offered and how long they stays on the market.

Try and go to your local auction and observe and talk with other people that are buying tax liens.

I don't have any hard data to back this up, this is just from casual observation of having lived in Cedar Park for 9 years and Leander now for almost 2.Are you attending any local REI meetings or MeetUp's?  

As a starting point, I did the simplest thing possible: I simply took the July’23 Zillow Observed Rent Index value for rent, and divided it July’23 Zillow Home Value Index for home value.

Just a quick observation here, but @Brandon Hall is a frequent contributor on BP and is a knowledgeable person from what I have observed.

That just seems crazy to me (as a general observation).

Inspection report says: "Using the Smart leveler digital leveling system with the center of the living room as the reference point the inspector observed the following:1) 1" inch drop from the center of the living room to the back corner of the primary bedroom2) 1" inch drop from the center of the living room to the center of the primary bathroom.3) 3/4" inch drop from the center of the living room to the pantry.4) 1" inch difference from the center of the living room to the back corner of the living room."

Interesting observation.