We recently had the great honor of attending the 17th annual- United American Mortgage Financial Round Table -on October 10,2018 down in Costa Mesa, CA . Hosted by Ted Learkos and his team of Jessica McClure , German Santibanez , and many more-attended by every Real Estate office from Realty Pro 100 to First Team to Keller Williams.  The afternoon started after lunch sponsored by Katella Grill to the guest speaker, Steven Thomas of Reports on Housing .  In his speaking appearance, Steven Thomas gave us his first " Orange County Housing & 2019 Forecast ". To discuss 2019, we must first discuss the 2018 Forecast :  -Low distressed inventory -Return of unrealistic over priced seller -Normal Cycle -Rise in Inventory In which, he was mostly correct.  For the 2019 forecast; we have a record number of houses on the market,there is more inventory than demand with a steep drop as we head into the holidays. So what is this market then? It is a Ba...