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Originally Posted by Vegas69

Both I bought this year were in house deals. Number on was a listing of my brokers that never hit the market. This one was a referral from a past client of mine and I bought it. We put all the paperwork in my team agents name and processed his short sale. He's extremely happy and so am I.

I'd find a local agent that slings some business in a productive office and tell them to go shake some hands.

Damn, that pretty much sums up why I can't compete in today's market. When I bought in 2010 I had been shopping and making offers for 6-9 months. I was so fed up with the whole process that I almost got my license. In the process of making so many offers I probably used 15 different agents. I found a few that were very proactive that I really enjoyed working with and will use in the future.

Inventory levels are 25% of what they were in 2010 in my area so I don't even bother seriously looking right now.