Quote from @David Martoyan: You will always have a high amount of competition for real estate and real estate investors.

Sometimes when placing an offer --  the POS is not yet available - and when you place an offer you can make your offer contingent upon approval of these items... although in order to have a competitive offer in this seller's market you are basically forced to "assume" the pos violations once they become available (usually 2-3 weeks after it's been ordered) -- you should be able to tell if anything more serious might come up on the POS via your own personal inspection. 

After assessing the property's value and market conditions, we confidently made a competitive cash offer of $180,000.

It's super competitive still.

Now is just one point in time and one can make permanent judgements based on the perceived current situation but that might be shortsighted.As far as the politics and legal framework, yeah it can be a pain, but for those who understand it, it eventually becomes a competitive advantage.

In one of the posts some of their marketing materials (not sure how old it is) had him listed as CFO but also noted he worked as a fractional CFO.

Fraction of a month maybe?

Even in the off-season - you can optimize visibility by setting competitive pricing, using high-quality photos, and enabling Instant Book with flexible policies.For older listings, try adjusting prices with dynamic tools, highlighting upgrades, and regularly updating your title, photos, or descriptions to stay fresh in search results.These tweaks can make a big difference!

You will need to compare your unit to the competition.

The average for the U.S. in the third quarter was a 28.7% return on investment.It’s impossible to know what every flipper in the U.S. spent to remake homes but Attom said the 28.7% return is within a range that could be easily wiped out by renovation expenses, mortgage payments and property taxes.”My large last extensive rehab was a little unit and I spent over $100k and I have done quite a few rehabs (3 last year, so hopefully my cost is competitive with what can be achieved).