I just spent 7 hours spamming a placard trying to get a small house on my server and it got to point where I had to give up because it was physically harming my body. I realized that after I had given up that means I've given up on all housing because there's no way I can spend hours on end if another house opens up, my body is physically not able to do that even if I had the time in the day to do so. Please, take a look at the housing system and make changes because there are people who physically cannot try to purchase a house. I even have a few suggestions, some that are better than others obviously.
1. Remove the random timer. I know this is the worst on the list because the random timer is put in place to stop people from selling houses, but even with the random timer people still sell houses so it doesn't really do anything.
2. Lower the random timer. Currently I've heard it's anywhere from 30 minutes to 22 hours people might have to wait...22 hours? That is not okay at all. Maybe make it a maximum of 8 or 10 hours, but nowhere near 20 hours because there will be those people who sit there until they get it, someone else gets it, or someone relocates...that can cause a lot of harm to someone's body.
3. Make a "lottery" system. This one is what I wish our game had, and I'm surprised the team did not make it this way in the first place. Basically, a house goes up on the market, people notice this and they have to go with the right amount of gil in their inventory and hit purchase. When they hit purchase the gil is taken and they're notified that the winner will be drawn at a later time, for this I think 24 hours is fair. The winner will be randomly drawn and those who do not win can either pick their gil up at the housing NPC or they can get it mailed back to them, whatever is more feasible. Also, players can't enter the lottery for more than one house at a time, this means they can't enter the lottery for one house and go to another house and enter that lottery at the same time. This honestly would be the best way since it gives everyone a fair chance, people can go to work, go to school, sleep, eat, play the game...they can do something other than standing around and suffering.
I know none of these ideas will be implemented and I know that this post doesn't change anything...I just felt like I had to say something because I wanted a house but my body is physically unable to try and buy a house and I'm not the only one who is in this situation.