[chris08876]

If folks have money, best to have a house built. Buy the land, have some plans drawn out, select the right contractor to manage it and just wait until its finished.

Might be a little more but it'll avoid the BS and there's no risk of the past owners leaving a suprise such as urine on the corner wall that fused due to baking in the sun for 30 years or some hole in the wall that was made in 1951 when a plate of macaroni was thrown at the wall due to some domestic issue.

Mitigates the bidding wars too in some respects.

Sort of a special thing to see your home rise, sort of like having a baby and watching it grow. The same feeling can't be had when one is getting raped paying 60k more for a house because some jackoff from Asia is outbidding them. Such as what we see in Jersey City. Folks competing for units with buyers not even in the country.

But to many points in the last few pages, zoning plays a big role. Restricting the potential. And also some local governments or even states, if they really cared, need to start imposing their power and curtailing the abuse. It could be done... if they really cared.