You want to be better than them, but not so much better that people start wondering what the catch is.Edit: also consider what's underneath it, you may want carpet purely to reduce noise below.

Are your photos nice?

There are some great online resource that catch listings 24-48 hours after they are posted but the best thing todo is find a realtor and ask them to set up an auto-email for you particularly if you're in an area that has a strong market you don't want to be behind of the competition.

Last 30 days pay stubsValid Photo ID2 months asset/reserve account--where the down payment and closing costs are coming from.Mortgage statement and home owner's insurance declaration page--if you own other financed real estate.Let the loan officer know if you pay or receive any spousal or child support and if so, how much.

The "tech bubble" is a very wide and vague catch all phrase of what is going on in the Bay Area. 

It will take many years to catch up to demand at this rate.

I would take one of the cruises that starts in Athens or Istanbul and ends up in Singapore... catching the holy land suez canal arab emertis few stops in India  Sri Lanka  then over to Thailand and end up in Singapore.. then from there fly to Sydney and take a reposition cruze back to San Deigo  via south pacific route or over to south America. 

Login to Biggerpockets and try to upload your photo again.2.

I'm assuming the photo of your house is just showing us a small portion of it?

They are super well fed".The guy just bursted out  and I had to wait literally for 5 minutes for him to catch his breath.