Population growth will continue to drive housing demand beyond supply. 

Be careful what you say and how you say it... by saying ALL the brokerages do anything in connection with a commission or fee charged for services may be bordering on anti-trust law infringement...No brokerages should be communicating about fee structures, and fees are SUPPOSED to be strictly determined based on what your brokerage is supplying to the customer.Maybe I am just a scaredy-cat.

For instance we just put Los Angeles' biggest Verizon franchisee in a long term lease and have a national pet supply company looking to get in. 

There is just not a lot of supply in our area and I consider staging an unnecessary expense at the moment.

I saw a report this week that says inventory is still low at about 2.8 months supply.  

Purchase inexpensive homes $5000-$20000 (I have an inexhaustible supply of these kind of homes they are not junk they are totally livable and not in need of repairs.

I'm in Grand Rapids mi and the supply is so low by the time the listing hits mls it's pending...

It's just supply and demand.

., bank) release that has to be supplied by 90 days - so perhaps the buyer can use that to back out.

Plumbing supplies cost roughly half what HD charges if you go to a plumbing supply house.