I imagine I would ideally want to price them a bit below market average to beat out some of the competition.

I'm as busy as I want to be but spring/summer tends to get pretty competitive every year.

A high income earner with a full time job and 30 out of state rentals isn't going to spend however many hours preparing his/her return and planning when I could do the return in a fraction of the time.

Currently inventory is tight so you have a lot of competition when you buy fixer uppers even.  

Generally, are these lenders as competitive as smaller LOCAL banks?

So I took initiative and joined the BiggerPocket community :) My goals here in BiggerPockets is to meet both the inexperience and experience members in all fields (realtors, brokers, lawyers, property manager, CPA, investors and lenders) to connect and share their knowledge in this competitive field. 

Seattle is  a very competitive market.

@Meghan McCallumMore competition naturally means higher prices, don't think its just BP though and house hacking was around long before the term was thrown around here.

Not saying its getting easier to find deals and competition is stiff, but opportunities are still there and we like the long trends here in renter demand for the specific niche we target.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/9145/53820-why...

There is a few of us Lexington folk on here, its a competitive market, especially right now.