After submitting dozens of over-asking bids and getting nothing, one can’t be blamed for wanting to just throw in the towel.Here, I’d submit three last points for consideration.The first is that for the right deal, you shouldn’t be overly concerned about buying over the sticker price.

My current property (house-hacking duplex) I walked in to below market rents but they were much closer and it wasn’t quite the sticker shock for them.

I believe the ones who will get hit the hardest are the STR markets as those are an amenity not a necessity and as inflation continues to roar and people start getting their new property insurance and property tax bills, there will be a lot of sticker shock and people starting to batten down the hatches.

Most properties in the area have a steep sticker price, work as STRs, and can REALLY hum after an ADU is added.OR, I leverage the house to start building a fire lookout/tree house STR that would absolutely slay and be insulated from a lot of market forces, but would be trickier to finance.Lots of possibilities.

I would try to highlight your property in a 15 sec video and post it out there for the world to see, add fun stickers and colorful captions to capture attention.

Until we significant rental vacancies, that cash flow will be ensured regardless of the sticker price. 

Moved back home and experienced sticker shock, then immediately started looking for a way to get around paying rent. 

I think many people are scared off by the high sticker prices that properties have, but there are so many niches in real estate that you can get started in anything. 

You are in for some sticker shock.  

Most of the houses were vacant with stickers in the window banning occupancy.