Amen. the new mobile layout looks terrible when using BP on a desktop. example: Trending Real Estate Forum Discussions | BiggerPocketsNot intuitive.

Then, look into other metrics - vacancy rates, tax rates, population trends, company relocations, etc. that you feel comfortable investing around. 

“The feeling of frustration and exasperation is present throughout the real estate community,” said Andrew Abrams, chairman of the DMAR Market Trends Committee, in comments accompanying the report.Abrams detailed how he wrote one offer for $101,000 above the asking price and another for $90,000 above and lost them both last month.But he adds that blaming sluggish sellers for stretching the market being tight as a drum isn’t correct.

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I use a desk top and have two 24 inch monitors and as of right now under trending discussions I only see 1 thread and 1 sponsored on my monitor.

Rents are trending up in the area.

Some basic topics areas I would advise becoming familiar with are current market trends in your area for real estate, as well as financing opportunities that you'll be able to utilize (assuming you won't be paying straight cash for the property.

We're seeing rents trending up to keep pace with mortgages.

So then you can stick to 30y fixed and treat it as free money as some Youtubers say:DHowever, there seems to be like 10 buyers per house, making it very competitive and final sales going for 30-100k above asking price (especially when it seems a trend to artificially lower asking price to get more people into the race).I've only been looking at this since beginning of March and real estate agents told me that this crazy thing is going on for over a year and it is just getting worse, that you had to bid more and more, essentially driving prices up and up. 

I recommend Landlords start looking into deposit alternatives because this will be a growing trend as elected officials with no risk and no experience start dictating what we do with our property.I've used Obligo and it's a decent option but can be very slow.