They usually can keep competitive and keep closing cost low.

@Bo BlackCongrats on your duplex currently looking to purchase my.first one in the Dallas area Very competitive and saturated It's a bidding market right now so I'm waiting while.i save enough for the down payment as well.May i ask what kind of purchase your first duplex was?

Competition. 

Wow that's a great profit in a competitive market.

That is why most fail when the owner dies.And "Non Competition Clause" LMFAO, try enforcing that when  his cousin opens up the same business a block away.

No doubt the change was pushed by the industry purportedly to help consumers but actually to limit competition and further monopolize the MLS.

@Phillip Syrios Hi Phillip - my first loan with Arv was a conventional 30year (my 10th and last) and got competitive terms. 

Competitive rates for LOC (locked for 12 mo, as opposed to rotating quarterly) and good terms.

Sure the government compensated you for your gold but at a fraction of the intrinsic value, is that not theft of private property?  

HGTV has everyone thinking they can hang some drywall in a weekend and make $30,000, so there is a lot of competition.