[quote=HLS]
It’s just as foolish to look at housing inventory that is currently listed and conclude that those are the only houses for sale.

Liars, damn liars and statistics.

There are probably 5x the number of listings that would be up for sale IF prices were 10%-20% higher,
people would be thrilled to sell for just a bit more.

Many people would love to sell their house today but know that it is impossible because of what they owe, and they don’t want to “lose money” so they are hanging on until the market improves.
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I am shopping for a house. Having great difficulty because of narrow criteria. You comment made me wonder whether I might simply go door to door in neighborhoods I am interested in. “Wanna sell your house?”

Is there opportunity in becoming a realtor and getting listings by coaching people on the short sale process?