I only care about what's going on in my local market, I don't care about the overall statistics of the entire country as it doesn't tell me what's happening in my neck of the woods.

I'm south almost to Portland, but have been looking near your neck of the woods as we explore Camano and surrounding areas to book a vacation rental large enough for an extended family Christmas getaway.  

@Jon Holdman In my neck of the woods the appraisers need to see the sale price on the MLS to use a house as a comp. 

But they just made some changes to the rules for commercially zoned properties that are much more restrictive from what I heard.See the following links for more info:Short Term RentalsOWNING SHORT TERM RENTALS IN NEW ORLEANSA Guide To Orleans Parish's New Short-Term Rental RulesHere are a couple of recent news articles:Weak enforcement of short-term rental rules could cost NOLA millionsNew Orleans council wants more muscle in fight against illegal short-term rentals

Kind of like the brain version of going through a sport's motion enough times for it to get stored into subconscious muscle memory.

I'll make sure to keep you mind in this neck of the woods!

Thanks Mr Huang...I see your in my neck if the woods...

During this time he should be spending at least a half an hour to an hour a day browsing zillow and analyzing deals to start building that muscle.

Without being judgemental, the people that frequent the place have face, neck and prison tats.

There are a lot of mobile homes around my neck of the woods on 1 to 5 acres and they sell with the land for up to $100,000.