Understanding my customer, I bought similar properties to what they were currently renting.This strategy is similar to how national retail chains operate: identify your target customers and provide what they want.

In my area, Boise, ID:$500-$750/tree demo$50.00/lf - 6” Ductile Iron Water Line, 5ft Bury, Standard Soil, Excavation, Bedding, and Backfilling Included$2.50/sf 3” HMA Road Paving

Of those how many are 2 bed + home office or 3 beds, basically  suitable for a household earning $150K? 

He build beds and desks, but no design or bed making. 

However it appears you have no value add and are not purchasing below retail.  

AprilApril: Extremely bummed, almost didn't want to get out of bed.

Some are basically renting out bed space and require tenants to sign an agreement to stay clean, and be tested upon request, with failing the test potentially leading to immediate eviction.

Real wholesaling is buying something in bulk and or for a middleman’s price and then reselling at a retail price.

In particular, OO does not have vacancy or PM and typically has cheaper maintenance/cap ex than the landlord would experience.https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/its-now-officially-cheap...if you use realistic expenses, purchase at retail (off MLS) without a value add, you will have negative cash flow on virtually any purchase.  

prices are high, interest rates are high, there is tremendous demand for inventory by both retail / primary buyers and investors, good contractors are booked up, some materials are still expensive. ' can't we just be honest that (1) if you are in a strong financial position, then yes, RE is still a good investment and ALSO  (2) it's way more difficult than it was in 2016?