I am a college student who is very curious on how real estate agents feel about the rise of online real estate database companies such as Zillow and Trulia, where buyers can browse listings and find homes all on their own.Here are some questions I have:Do you feel like your role as a realtor is starting to shrink because of websites like Zillow or Trulia that make it so the buyer can do the home search all on their own?

In years past wholesalers in Fayetteville were rare and lousy because they just couldn't' keep up with MLS prices but now that MLS prices are being driven by mania (people paying 75k for a 60k home and the like) some great wholesalers have been able to add value. lastly, you ask if it's a good time to invest here and I'll say that margins were much better in the past, but they will probably continue to shrink in the future (at least while fed rates are low) so the time is best it can be given what we know.  

In an appreciating market that $175 turns into $145 right off the bat and shrinks every year as home value increases (in Georgia annual millage rate for tax is about .003 of house value).

Or, more sanely, is the percentage interest in the property bid only a device to shrink the interest rate yield, and an unredeemed Tax Deed would confer 100% ownership?

Growing or shrinking? 

In this situation, you would be wholesaling a deal that was wholesaled to you, the shrinking profit margins make this challenging. 

Things like paint and flooring will most likely shrink and grow with a house SF, but a lot of other things the house SF may not tell the story.

The month to month cashflow shrinks in this situation, and of course no reserves are mentioned for operating expenses, but from a purely acquisition oriented look, he could get started.

Footprints are shrinking for soft goods, but gyms, trampoline parks and other "fun" are backfilling a lot of those boxes.All that said, there is pretty strong data indicating that DTC brands begin to struggle with customer acquisition costs around $10MM annual sales if they don't have brick and mortar stores.

So the gaps between those bubbles is shrinking and pretty soon, the map will be blotted out with bubbles and make it impossible to start a new Airbnb property.