Wow, what a funky turn this thread has taken! LOL!
Sorry about the job, Flax. Keep your chin up. Real Estate is in the crapper, and lots of agents and mortgage Brokers have gone on to other (hopefully better) things. I've been searching for a house for the last 4mos. and while it is a buyers market, they t'aint givin' nothin' away. Fortunately for me, new housing developers are choking on inventory, so I just scored a new Townhome for slightly more than everyone else's craptastic resale. Finance deals are prevalent as well: I used Wells-Fargo as they were in cahoots with the developer and I made 'em an offer they couldn't refuse, LOL!
FWIW