You want to know the total demand and the existing competition.  

When funding is plentiful and flips are rare, the competition will be heavy and experienced flippers with teams will take smaller returns just to keep their guys working, which means inexperienced 1-man crews will be shut out of the market.

Short-term rentals in tourist-heavy areas can also outperform traditional rentals.

Their automessages and workflows are good and more robust than the competition. 

He said that they're usually very competitive for properties this size.

However, based on their website, they do offer competitive programs for fix-and-flip investors.

However, there is a nice marketing aspect to "only pay for what you use" because if there are heavy utility users in a building, it essentially gets subsidized by all residents over time.I'm lining up some meters for testing and will report back on any findings.

If you're able to get tenants paying over market rents, you can also gain a lot of interest because of the heavy cash-flow. 

Tertiary markets can be cash flow heavy but tenant/asset risk exists.

So many people think they can jump into this all alone, but they end up paying a heavy price most of the time.