Realogy Brokerage Group, the own-brokerage arm of Realogy, has slightly more than 50,000 agents.Agent count in the multi-hundreds of thousands would rival even the countries largest holding companies like Realogy and Keller Williams.virBELA is in a completely different category class that's taken off like a rocket since the pandemic.

Rents are rising, population is rising, big employers are moving into the area and Scottsdale was recently named #1 place to live during the pandemic.

Thought engineering school was my one way ticket to financial stability, this pandemic has shown me exactly how wrong I was.

I am in North Jersey (Bergen County) and this is what I am seeing in my area.COVID-19 has only decreased available housing inventory during the pandemic causing a spike to home prices and demand.

That just means you must screen well and buy in area's were unemployment is not skyrocketing due to the pandemic.

That means many people could find it hard to get credit just when they most need it, as the novel coronavirus pandemic puts thousands out of work.Large U.S. lenders including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Capital One Financial Corp. and Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. are among the companies reviewing and revising certain lending criteria, according to people familiar with the matter.

Also be wary of anyone showing you numbers from 2020/2021 the pandemic inflated occupancy as people fled the city.

Also, a lot of my guests, at least pre-pandemic, were international.

@Dev PaulThe only way you are getting to dc in 45 min from Frederick county is if there is a pandemic or via helicopter.If you work normal business hours where in dc also is a major factor.I live in nova and can get on 495 or 395 in under 5 minutes and are 8 miles from DC and my wife works in DuPont and she leaves at 7 am and takes her close to 45 min and an hour at night.

Ricky K,I wouldn't of made that assessment 10 years ago, but 1 year ago I'm still sticking to my original thesis even with the pandemic.