If you can't experiment in a hot market, is there ever a good time?

But the hot real estate market has caught up with the region.

"We also feel our house will sell in the hot market," he added.

That doesn't mean much in a hot market like California's, where the median price is $530,430.

"Why should an artist just looking for a hot market do something without having an arrangement?"

Yet, although the strategy makes sense in a hot market, it can also be risky.

That, of course, works just fine for the seller, too - particularly in a hot market.

In any case, your board was probably hammering you to keep up with the hot market.

The problem isn't that the hot market has inflated the value of my home.

"It really is a very hot real estate market, and I don't know how long it's going to continue," he said.