MLS listings have been an abysmal failure for me so far.That brings me to my next point - the competition for MLS listings is so incredible (and I'm not even in that big of a city) that I don't see how anyone can purchase a house this way.

I think it is incredibly stupid but some buyers don't look at the original contract.

In RE there really isn't such a thing as a verbal offer, an offer that may be accepted and enforced must be in writing, everything else is just talk, much of it is hot air.

I'm trying to find my first deal but it is proving very difficult in the Ft Collins area because of a red hot market here.

I am a beginner and trying to see if it is good time to purchase a rental property in Houston hot market.

I have learned an incredible amount from this site during the past several weeks and look forward to learning much more.

That seems to be the favorite play up in SF, even in some hyper hot markets like Noe Valley.

You have found an incredible real estate resource. 

I've listened to the first 60 or 61 so far...incredible information!

Literally millions of people visit here every year, and it's so much more cost effective to rent a house instead of a hotel, and the short term friendly zoning south of Disney makes this an incredible market to get into.