It has gotten far more competitive as of late.

I live in Chicago, but hold all of my properties in NW Indiana (about 30-45 minutes drive from downtown Chicago).As for flipping properties in this area, it has gotten a little competitive to find a good property to flip.

I assist brokers and developers start crowdfunding campaigns to sell fractional ownership units.

It keeps the o-os and the newbies away, so there's less competition.  

@Jerry Brown  Dayton has lots of great properties and there is financing available with 3 1/2 % down and competitive rates at a local credit union.

This will give the house much larger scale and stand out against your competition.

That sounds awful and I would assume make the property much less competitive.

It really depends on the situation.REO's with a lot of competition the banks want cash offers. 

There seems to be less competition as most small time investors don't have the cash to put 20% down for bigger building and they can cash flow really well.

Reading and learning all I can; without challenge growth is not accomplished.Very encouraged by the obvious close knit community you all have here in such a competitive line of work.