.- Increased inventory: As the market stabilizes, we may see a slight increase in available properties.

So I don't foresee a not of real estate inventory hitting the market all at once.But this is what I see.  

My area inventory is about 1.6 months and not many great deals for flipping.

You can use data sites to find buyers who have purchased properties under an LLC and then skiptrace the owners, knowing they buy in the area and have similar inventory to their buy box. 

There are VERY FEW DEALS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW….There is inventory for sale…butNOT…..Properties that can be acquired that;1) Will have minimum 80% equity vs ARV…after the ALL IN investment ( unless the cash down is way out of balance ) 2) CASH FLOW TODAY enough to cover all costs PLUS RESERVES and return all cash out of pocket in a reasonable time period.3) You could sell TOMORROW if you needed to and not lose any money4) Dont include rosey hopes of appreciation to cover negative equity Al last ALL… of the current wholesale deals are just trashy retail deals.

If you are a flipper, your real estate along with related costs are considered inventory.The bare minimum feature within Quickbooks is to have the inventory feature.

@Dulce DavisSome private firms would consider blankets but they are gonna cost 2x traditional financingI would take the one with no mortgage and leverage that to buy another and keep doing that - also once in a while may consider selling some inventory to get more cash

In the SFH arena inventory build-up is massive from over a year of the real estate market being stagnant, and there is hidden inventory as well from developers who took their properties off the market and are just waiting until things turn around.

Regarding downsides, or perhaps good barriers to entry, saturation is pretty strong, good help is quite hard to come by, inventory has been hovering around 25 or so homes for a while (most of which are not STR material), and much of the recent cabin listings have been grossly overpriced.

However the inventory in the area seems to be really low.