Gastonia is actually the primary market I work in with all of my investors and with the revitalization plans for the city I am quite bullish on the Gastonia market.

What challenges are you facing in finding a solid fix-and-flip deal in the Denver area? Any tips on how to secure a deal quickly?

Unlike the stock market, you can also use leverage, which could significantly increase your ROI.The bottom line is that you can get better returns investing in alternatives (real estate or otherwise) and more control investing in real estate (you have zero control over the stock market).

I am already starting to see more activity in the market as the interest rates drop, across my listings and also more of my buyers becoming more active, I am sure this will be a domino effect and eventually cause sales volume to increase across the market as a whole both locally and nationally, DOM to decrease, and create a temporary FOMO in the market if rates drop to quickly.

Indianapolis is a great market to get started in with affordable pricing.

The financing contingency period is up tomorrow and it looks like they are going to back out, so I guess we will put the property back on the market as a cash-only purchase and see what happens. 

It depends on the market you live in.

I think building an off-market pipeline will be more important coming up than ever because of the change.

Was the 4th bedroom a later addition?

It's finally calming down with more listings on the market, and buyers settling down, no longer panicking and needing to jump the second one hits the market.