Realtor.com®’s research team ranked the 100 largest markets by the ratio of flips to all home sales.

Thanks for the mention @Brett Chupka 😊, I usually make the distinction on most podcasts about being a real estate professional (REPS) versus not, as I did on the BP episode as well with @Terrance Doyle at around 22:00 minutes in.

This differs based on each investor's situation, however some of the largest hurdles are typically: Capital, Deal Flow & Property Management.

A flipper just wants the cash, a home owner has it as sometimes the largest piece of their net worth.

That third unit needs to be a regular dwelling unit (and comply with related parking) and can't be a companion unit.I understand what Tyson's saying about intent of the state-level ordinance, but that's not how the San Diego ordinance is written.On the financing, I've seen no distinctions between companion units and dwelling units.  2 dwelling units + 1 companion unit = successful conforming refinance in my experience. 

Intel has just announced a 20+ Billion dollar investment being the largest private sector investment in Ohio's history creating roughly 10,000 jobs.

There are several reasons the US is the largest and strongest economy in the world.  

When I moved to Houston, I joined the largest club in town and on my first deal used a Realtor to help with the purchase of a short sale, used a construction company on the club vendor list to do the rehab, used a hard money lender to fund the purchase and rehab, and the same Realtor to list for sale... all people I met at that club. 

How else will we pay out for all these bank bailouts and quantitative easing.What is the largest source of Revenue for the US IRS?

We target the loans and that have the largest delinquencies where the most likely outcome is foreclosure.