Contrary to popular belief, McDonald’s has always been a real estate company and not just a burger joint.Walt Disney borrowed from his whole life insurance policies to purchase swaths of land in Orlando Florida to become modern day Disney World.One of the most difficult challenges most real estate investors run into is having enough money to do the volume of deals they want to do, and therefore we look for private money, or withdraw from IRA's to get our next big deal.

@David McKeeAccording to the latest reports (transaction volume trailing 12 months), multifamily about 35% of the market, office 30%, industrial 14%, retail 12%

I think that the forums, in a general, broader, sense exist to pose questions like those about dealing with Probate issues.We just don't get a high enough volume of posts on dealing with probate specific issues to justify a specific forum category.

I think MOST agents are more than willing to negotiate their rates because volume means more profit. 

pid=1983Houston Real Estate Highlights in September, 2023:-Single-family home sales fell 10.9 percent year-over-year, making September the 18th consecutive month of slowing sales volume;-Compared to September 2019, before the pandemic, sales were down 2.3 percent, and compared to September 2018, five years back, they were up 7.1 percent;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes rose from 37 to 45 days;-Total property sales fell 9.5 percent with 8,550 units sold;-Total dollar volume dropped 9.6 percent to $3.3 billion;-The single-family median price fell 2.2 percent to $333,000;-The single-family average price rose 0.8 percent to $416,664; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 3.5-months supply, up from 2.6 months a year earlier – the biggest supply since November 2019;-Townhome/condominium sales experienced their 16th straight monthly decline, falling 14.4 percent, with the median price up 2.2 percent to $224,250 and the average price up 0.3 percent to $257,909;-Compared to pre-pandemic 2019, townhome and condominium sales were down 5.2 percent.

it takes volume, volume, volume and it's not no cost. people say the same thing about flipping sometimes - "I don't have any money, but I want to invest, so I'll knock out a couple easy flips to generate capital to buy some rentals." 

You get it - you understand that hitting high volume is key.

Yes, volume will drop, right off a cliff, exactly as it has and as I predicted.

They certainly are for one off buyers.. but if your doing volume in a certain county you can get the bigger players to insure you.. at least my Dad did in the 60s to early 80s but he was buying 200 plus a year.. and insuring with the same title company.. although First American still would not touch them for 5 years.

According to Redfin San Diego prices are up over 11% YOY but sales volume are down substantially  however, last winter prices were down from the high showing the first seasonality decline in San Diego in over a decade.