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I'm at a loss why anyone is expected to sell their home.

• pmiller2 9y ago
  The expectation is more that there should be a functioning residential real estate market. There isn't in many locations due to lack of supply.
  • mitchdoogle 9y ago
    The focus of the article is still strange though - who knocks on doors to try to convince someone to sell their home? I just took a look at Trulia at the neighborhood the man in the article was looking at - plenty of homes in the $200k - $300k range, a few even less. Seems he is just a bargain hunter who is trying to beat the real estate market rather than participate in it. If he wants to buy a home he should pay the market price for where he wants to live or find a cheaper place to live, of which there are many within just a few miles of his desired location.
    • pmiller2 9y ago
      I guess a guy going door to door is more "interesting" than someone saying "we've been looking at Zillow and Trulia for 6 months and not finding anything."
• kylestlb 9y ago
  I don't think the article is making that point. It is illustrating how difficult it is for people to both buy and sell homes when the overall supply in some impacted areas is down. It would be interesting to see data on how many people are moving out to rural areas for retirement now vs a few decades ago. I would bet it has been trending down.