I “pay” a synthetic rent ( the one i would have to pay to have a similar house, assuring i can live for a long period ( landlord happy, so no harassment of moving every 1 or 2 years plus taxes, maintenance minus the money working.If theres a huge difference, then my house is a liability.

But with the market being the way it is I decided to look into properties that didn’t exactly fit the bread and butter 3/2 that other investors were focusing on, and maybe eliminate some competition that way.

Plastic and synthetic materials burn hotter than the house fires of old.

Luckily that is my bread and butter so I am finding deals easier to come by right now, than 6-18 months ago.

After that I started to buy boring bread and butter 3/2 houses here in Cedar Rapids and they make money.

Me, it was my bread and butter for a few years until I got into bulk.

When I was buying my 'bread and butter" lots of room for error.  

Our bread and butter are income properties but we flip 10-20 a year and wholesale a handful as well. 

Chris L, I'll look at anything my bread and butter are junk houses and land.

@Tim Butters I'm working Germantown, Logan/Olney area and some NE.My apologies for not responding sooner.