Similar down this way. My wife works for a real estate company and out of state buyers are purchasing stuff sight unseen, cash, within hours of some homes being listed. Ever since I've been here its normally a really slow market with most stuff being listed for many months and even on and off for years.
Just today someone from NY called looking for a rental during the school year to send their kid to one of the schools here, budget was 10k month for the rental.