Our flipping income increased from 2008 through 2015, and has been dropping since then, simply because I haven't had the desire to work harder to keep up the income (deals are obviously tougher these days). 

Another “general” rule in my opinion is the further north of 23rd you go, the tougher the area.

Nathan,I've been investing in Oklahoma City for the last decade and when I started out you could easily find what you are describing and now those deals are much tougher to come across. 

2/1s  and 1/1s are great for travel medical professionals and digital nomads. 3/1s are a lot tougher to rent as MTRs.

if you can't house hack... it's just going to be tougher.  

That is a headache that is tougher to make move on. 

It makes it "tougher" to source deals since you have a fiduciary duty. 

That's where ON would be tougher than AB.

With interest rates being higher the market is tougher than when I got in 6 years ago.

Creative financing is much tougher when the underlying demand for the product is so white hot.