Go to local open houses and watch the real estate market. Get into real estate or flipping houses

“I went to about 15 open houses the past few Saturdays and only crossed paths with 2 or 3 other buyers (I think one or two of them was just a curious neighbor) Lots of full stacks of brochures and full boxes of donuts. [...] I've found the open houses really useful, personally. But every time I walk into one they seem genuinely surprised I'm actually shopping for a house, lmao.”

“Yeah, I will agree open houses have been pretty useful for the figuring out what I DON’T like. And I’m looking at townhomes/condos so it’s useful to rule out entire neighborhoods. If I don’t like one unit I probably won’t like others in the same building.”

“Early in our search (so we werent as wise to the flip signs), we went to an open house for a flip. The outside was pretty bad. the garage/siding was old, chipped, and ugly, the front door of the house was rusted, and the gutters were broken. We went in and the house looked new. The LA came up to us and started her "pitch" about how the inside is a new reno.”