Theory on why SD prices have dropped so much. No lock boxes in RSF. Now up here, I looked for a while in places like Los Altos Hills and Atherton, which are more expensive than RSF. I looked in the same price range and even let my broker show me a $15 million home I would never or could never buy. In all cases they were on lock boxes and she could show them to me any time.

In RSF everything is by appointment. If the listing agent is out of town, (as is the case for two homes we wanted to tour) you don’t get to look at the house. For out of town buyers that may mean you never considered tht house. How does that help the seller? If folks are having trouble finding buyers in RSF and houses are staying on the market 100+ days, seems to me you would want to maximize the chances of potential buyers actually seeing your property. Just my two cent.