You could flip houses in your spare time but it is very competitive and capital intensive.

The most competitive market segment is 250k to 450k, nice suburbs are between 500k and 800k and certain areas a good share of homes over one million, especially in the top school districts.The City of Milwaukee (Milwaukee proper) is about 580,000 people, Milwaukee County has 19 municipalities, many of the very affluent. 

When you have finances in order and a trade that can help an investor, smart young investors like yourself use that as their competitive advantage to be an asset.

There's a lot of competition for both SFHs and MFs in GR, but SFH owners NEED a place to live and I find I cannot and don't want to compete with them in a bidding war, as I simply can't make my numbers work.Buy a duplex and Owner Occupy the one side.  

TX is competitive so I'd imagine it can be tough there.

For competitive investment property, not being prepared to evaluate costs at initial showing, before making offer is really a waste of everyone’s time.

Increasing value of the property, Enhancing rental income, Giving it a competitive edge Over Other Properties in the neighborhood as well as Adding long term worth among other things are some of the advantages that these projects bring.

borrowing is expensive, good contractors have more work than they know what to do with, and there is tremendous competition for both on and off market properties.i have done mostly BRRRRs and one flip. 

Most people have removed themselves from the competition and don't possess any of those three traits.

New people come into the community all the time and it has gotten quite competitive out there for lending, but if you can build a rapport with fix and flippers and wholesalers and you are fair in what you charge as a return on their lending request, you will have a borrower for life.