Absolutely . . . but he was just another player.

But how do these changes affect the big players in the market today?

You prioritized saving and paid yourself first. 

The Knicks are my boys and Carmelo is a great player.

If you are a serious player, I would definitely follow up on all of the small details with the auctioneer prior to bidding to make sure you fully understand all the intricacies of the sale.As for suggestions for bidding at an auction, make sure that you set what price you are willing to go to before the auction starts.

More crazy is there are a couple soccer players who made substantially more per year (but lower overall contract value).We could do similar about some CEOs.  

Now there are major players who are trying to turn sfr portfolios into an institutional investment class but I think it's too early to tell what the minimum size a portfolio would have to be to qualify.

Now we are seeing a lot of slower moving larger players buying and entitling big projects, and the Johnny comes lately investors starting to pay a premium.

When I used to play high stakes poker in the backrooms of places you didn't want to go and there were a few strangers most of the players were packing.

A lot of serious players in DFW are taking deals at 80 - 85% right now.