There are still questions on precisely where the line for "advertising" is drawn.

...you may want to repost this with the location in the title to garner more precise attention...

If the docket is light, I will also add folks who meet the minimum qualifications in between the stronger candidates to fill my dance card.Right after the showings while the experience is still fresh, I sit down and fill out a T-chart for all the prospects I would consider. 

@Karen Coffelt, @Rachel N. is precisely right.

You're investing, which is precisely what I recommend people do.

I bring the same discipline and precision from my athletic career into real estate.

The chart above would be better if it had the 10-year rather than 5-year treasury rate but the thesis is the same.

@Andrew Johnson Great advice - I totally agree, precisely why I'm on the forum.

You can expect a ~2% greater return over the lifetime of the investment with a company match vs. without.Are you getting that from the below chart?

This fact plays much stronger in my market than lending standards.Values around Puget Sound are increasing rapidly because of the success/types of employers based here (Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, Expedia, Costco, Alaska Air, PACCAR, Weyerhauser, Cray, F5, Redfin, Zillow) which is drawing in many high pay employees, the lack of supply noted by @David Dachtera, the copious number of all cash buyers (including non-US Citizens whom for example just bought my last home), exacerbated by restrictive building permits/zoning and the lack of land due to the amount of water/shorelines and steep hillsides; not so much because of a incremental lowering in lender standards.Median Seattle Home price $670,000, not exactly a first time home buyers market.https://www.zillow.com/seattle-wa/home-values/Overlay that chart with stock price charts for AMZN and EXPE...