My wife had a lender that she frequently works with tell her to wait until the fall when the market slows down and shop around.

It is the basic principal of compounding.Once money is in a property it suffers a slow painful death.

Either outside air is getting in somewhere, or lines are not buried deep enough in the ground.

Frankly,  this very moment isn’t a great time for much in real estate given the Fed’s efforts to slow down the economy and fight inflation.  

It won't create explosive scaling opportunities, but it's a slow and steady approach. 

With the market projected to slow down a bit in 2023 - you could explore holding this property rather than flipping.

I’m going to deep dive into that tool and check it out.thanks,joel  

Just slow making progress when you see how powerful REI is.

These rates are truly unprecedented and the transaction activity has slowed significantly.  

Stating the obvious: home prices/rates are currently very high=many people cannot afford to buy, so they are forced to rent at prices which are also very high, which slows their saving ability putting them even further from ever buying.