For very real reasons, it&#x27;s different in Vancouver than in the Bay Area, which some of the comments touch on.<p>Not that you&#x27;re wrong -- we bought in the bay area. Our offer was the best of 13, and narrowly beat out an all-cash offer. Of course, you have to have the right seller to be willing to &quot;risk&quot; selling it to normal people who have to borrow to buy, vs the sure thing of an all cash offer.<p>Guy across the street bid on tons of properties before buying. I think they had the best of 34 (!) offers. RWC.