@Raymond Hill my sense is that due to the various costs and regulations involved, as @Brandon Ingegneri mentioned in his examples, it just makes more economic sense for builders to focus on single families than multis.I think it's related to the fact that most single family purchases don't make sense from an investment point of view because as an investor who's looking at income and expense #s to determine what you can offer, you're competing with owner-occupants who have very favorable financing and are buying because of the school district and because they like the kitchen and bathroom, not whether the rents vs. expenses & mortgage is profitable.In other words, because of the favorable financing and "use benefit", the buyers of single families almost always pay more per unit than the buyers of multi families.

Most, or all buyers have realtors because it is free.

@Stone Jin the question came into mind when I was in a forum where buyers were mentioning the class of property and location of property they prefer.

Our serious buyers havent had a problem with this, but a few others did.

I would be a cash buyer for my first couple of deals.

Rather than up my bid or get overly upset I just let him know that I was a serious buyer and that if anything happened where his contract fell through I could close quick. 

I remember an auction where a buyer found a piece of wood on the floor.

Looking for some ideas on a domain name for a squeeze page to attract cash buyers. 

And I might be missing things.The actual title search might only take a few days, but add everything together and it can add up to a couple of months or more, especially when you are dealing with a bank.By the way, I'm a cash, as-is buyer in Western NY--mostly around Rochester. 

First time buyer.