Some counties have that data available online too.

Taking calls, doing books and imputing data for our buyers and sellers.

The probate process can be bypassed using "transfer on death" or "beneficiary deeds".

Originally posted by Nichole Gabriel:I looked quite a bit, but the thread you mentioned had actual statistics comparing the two, Sorry Nichole, but the statistics given were pretty one sided and tend to fly in the face of most of the empirical data.

Also, plenty of properties bypass probate altogether by use if other transfer devices: joint tenancy and use of trusts, for example.Generally, executors and named in wills to execute the wishes of the decedent.

If you have a strong equity position, you may want to put the home into a HELOC, pull the equity out by taking the full line of credit and then down the road, transfer the HELOC into a conventional mortgage.

I am having a hard time tracking down any reliable data on vacancy for anything other than apartments.

I pull a few months of rent listings from Craigslist and use excel to slice and dice data to get Average and Median Rates.

I want to learn from veteran brokers who go to buildings to speak with office users in the flesh.. find out their best approach methods, ways to navigate today's office buildings, and ways they successfully obtain contact information on cold call tenants and obtain data to successfully create a prospect.If you are canvassing office properties to do tenant rep, I'd love to hear your tips and stories.

Some of the "sold prices" aren't sold prices but transfers between family members or business partners.