The comments about being ultra-contrarian — and needing some sort of affirmation — are spot on, IMHO.
Once upon a time, we had to scour the internet for any kind of information that just might hint of a downturn.
These days, the downturn is obvious to absolutely everyone. It’s all about the waiting now.
There is also “information overload” now, and it would take so much longer to go through all the reports, statistics, articles, etc. and some of us are tired of spending our lives on the internet searching for the truth (speaking as a blog/internet addict who would spend 8++ hours/day doing research).
Still reading RE sites almost every day, but not being as thorough. I’ve long predicted that we’d know the bubble had burst (and gotten near a bottom) when everyone turns away from RE-related sites, TV shows, and conversations. We still have a long way to go, but at least we aren’t in that most painful part of waiting…waiting…waiting, like 2004-early 2007. That part sucked! 🙂
