@Larry Caper - sounds like you've built an incredible education foundation. well done!

But you can have a contractor go fast and be great and you can have a contractor go slow and be great..

You'll see a ton of people make money on the connection to the realtor, investor, and/or professional versus being them him/herself.

I'm excited to be back on this platform!

I'm hoping this leads to me avoiding a lot of those early mistakes, but we'll see how well that actually holds up.The main thing I am excited about with Bigger Pockets is hearing opinions and thoughts from a wide array of people.

The mountain life pulled us to Spokane and we could not be happier!

I'm based out of Central Ohio, but still would be glad to connect. 

I agree with @Brandon Rizzo I think the supply will normalize as the migration to Texas has not slowed down and as builders make correction to a more balanced supply and demand (along with interest rate improvement) housing market will be better.

In these days and what my life has been I will not be able to repeat what they did and even survive. 

Expensive markets can be a challenge, but here are deals to be had, depending on the amount of work you are willing to do.