I have been wholesaling properties in the Kansas City market since 2014 and I have seen the supply of homes for sale shrink every year causing appreciation plus the cash flow is much better than ca.

Lean operations and smart business decisions are important as margins continue to shrink. 

With a highly reputable and reliable offer will most flips be bought up and or margins shrink to points where you will not be able to compete?

As mentioned that steel pipe builds up scale and corrodes from inside and the diameter of the inside hole will continue to shrink over time.

Huge demand, and a shrinking supply due to condo conversions means you have an extremely high probability of your property value going up significantly over time.

You could look at cities and towns to see the budget is shrinking or growing, and crime on the rise or falling, rioting going on or not, business moving in or out, these are good indicators of whether things are healthy or soon to be in decay.

One of the poorest locations in the statex with a shrinking population, and very old housing stock.

If you've got debt then the field shrinks dramatically.1.

It's 2018, and property prices are still trading way, way below their 1989 peak, even in Tokyo, which has solid population growth even though the country overall is shrinking.  

My target market is Wilmington, Delaware which is another shrinking marking and I would argue doesn't have the same economic prospects that Milwaukee has.