Your best bet is to find out who the highest volume agents or brokers are in your local area.

Are people reading things on the internet with a grain of salt?

I have tried looking on the Internet google etc but still want help with the following question.If a house is listed on Zillow for example and says sold 65000 foreclosed to the lender, does this mean that the mortgage owed the lender that amount, or could it of been they owed a higher figure? 

If someone's in the phone book, all over the internet, lettered trucks, etc - they're going to have the funds to purchase materials. 

I am betting on 10% annual increases in flood insurance - still substantial - but not crippling to the RE economy like 200% all at once. 

I'm told that because of the market in this area my best bet is to unload my place right now, with an expected 6-12% decline in the immediate market expected in the next six months.  

Account Closed if Alibaba opens up in Silicon valley  all bets are off :)

Investors can buy in for the price of a single-family home or a single share of stock.But the plunge in U.S. home prices in the financial crisis should be a fresh reminder that bets on housing can sour in a hurry.The latest deals often don't depend on home values going up, which sets them apart from the house-flipping strategies that cost many home buyers dearly when the market collapsed.

I bet that the BP analyzer is pulling comps from West of Paseo. 

I do not understand why an experienced real estate investor would go randomly Googling for people on the Internet to finance a major deal.