What else can I do to compete in this market?

Were just small fishes in the pond competing with institutions and sovereign funds.

@Frank Nabors To answer you question, its a matter of principle...there have been numerous times where I have personally withdrew offers to not compete with buyer clients.

Banks are competing heavily for business.

If however you are looking for something that is completely passive, start doing some research about who is a player with a successful track record that you can feel comfortable working with.

And you can go an entire successful 30 year career without ever learning it.The only "workaround," assuming the tax code is being followed and everything is accurate there, is finding a new lender, one you have some reason to believe is more competent in this very specific niche.... you don't go to a general ear/nose/throat doctor if you need brain surgery.

The Flipping LLC buys the Property and General Liability coverage for the buildings you will be flipping.The issue with the standard General Liability policy the "Products and Competed operations" section. 

You can (and should) start your unlawful detainer action immediately with a competent attorney that specializes in evictions.

Prohibits an RGB from setting longevity rentincreases.Part D: Repeals High Rent Deregulation, which allows units to be removedfrom rent regulation upon vacancy after the rent achieves a high rentthreshold; and Repeals High Income Deregulation provisions, which allowsunits to be removed from rent regulation if a tenant's income is$200,000 or more for two consecutive years.Part E: Sets the Preferential Rent as the base rent for the duration ofa tenancy, but preserves regulatory agreements that allow for legal rentincreases.Part F: Allows HCR or a court of competent jurisdiction to look back at6 years of rent history when determining rent overcharges, or a longerlook back period if it is reasonably necessary to make a determination.Eliminates the ability of an owner to escape punitive damages where theovercharges were willful.Part G: Enacts the "Statewide Tenant Protection Act of 2019" to allowany city, town or village to opt-in to ETPA and provides the appointmentof the members of the new RGBs to be done by the opting-in munici-palities.Part H: Amends the maximum collectable rent increase formula thatapplies to Rent Control units to set annual increase at either an aver-age of the last five years of RGB increases, or 7.5%, whichever is less;and prohibits Fuel Pass-Along charges for rent-controlled tenants.Part I: Reforms the personal use exclusion to limit the number of unitsan owner can take out of rent regulation, and requires the use to be animmediate and compelling necessity for use as a primary residence.Part J: Ensures that units rented by nonprofits to provide housing tohomeless or previously homeless people revert to rent regulation at theend of the use by the nonprofit, and that the previously homeless personor persons are treated as tenants for purposes of the law.Part K: Major Capital Improvement (MCI) & Individual Apartment Improve-ment (IAI) Reforms*Limits approvals to work for essential building functions and otherimprovements (e.g, heat, plumbing, windows, roofing); exclude mainte-nance.

The key in real estate or any business really, is to find a place where you don't need to compete like crazy and claim that as your battle ground.