Do random timers on houses only open up for a short period of time?

[Poisonous]

Yup - once it's available, it's available until purchased. The only way it would revert to unavailable again is if someone moved in and then out, thus resetting the timer.

You mean what happens every single time?

[Enla]

You mean what happens every single time?

I do wish people relocating had to deal with the same restrictions as people buying... :/ I've seen 7-13 hour waits be wasted because someone wanted to troll even if they had no intention of keeping the plot.

[Poisonous]

I do wish people relocating had to deal with the same restrictions as people buying... :/ I've seen 7-13 hour waits be wasted because someone wanted to troll even if they had no intention of keeping the plot.

That and people spamming the freaking placard with their macro/bot program and SE apparently doesn't care about cheating AT ALL. How is anyone supposed to compete with a cheater?

[Jojoya]

That and people spamming the freaking placard with their macro/bot program and SE apparently doesn't care about cheating AT ALL. How is anyone supposed to compete with a cheater?

Sadly, by cheating themselves. It's what more and more players start doing when there is no visible action taken against the initial cheaters.