-Taking 10% reserve for vacancy, PM, and Capex-5% for repairs -All other numbers are standard values based on my area.

Based on these circumstances, and also just in general, I'm wondering how investor-friendly agents out there approach sellers that have a home that is too overpriced for a fix-and-flip situation?

But every other month we are at about $2000-3000 surplus.If we stay or buy a second home and rent 1st, the difference is about $1000 in our pockets.I don't want to make an untimely decision on buying home by missing some kind of interest rate change, based on short term financial struggles when 10's of 1000's of $$$'s could be made.

DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.

Additionally, where do you foresee the market heading based on your day-to-day work in the industry?"

I'm based in NJ it's so expensive here.

As for your "better off in the stock market" comment, your analysis is flawed because it is based on an equal cash vs cash assumption.

YOU need to be in the game to play the game.Bigger pockets is a great source of information. 

To play into this matter, the answer is due to the free market and the principle of supply and demand (Carlos' point).

The price point also plays a critical role.