Dona, Rima is fortunate to have a friend like you. I am not picking on her as a person. She may be very sweet, happy, optimistic, and all that. But as a professional, she is lacking. She needs to study a few articles about the economy before she writes more articles, and ask someone to proofread her reports. My question about her report stands: is she uneducated or unethical?
As far as Bob, he made no claims. He crunched a bunch of MLS data. As far as I know, he is the only realtor around here with the statistical know-how to do this. Most realtors lack basic math concepts, so they are not capable of such a feat. I found Bob’s forward-looking reports very helpful in navigating the market. He did not give any opinions, such as saying we are landlocked or prices will only go up. He only gave an Excel analysis of MLS data.