If I have invested in myself to learn how to perform a task faster than my competition, I'm fine sharing part of that with my customer in the form of a more competitive quote, but I need some ROI too.As a contractor, I don't like hourly rates.

I agree, King County is way too competitive.

The later into next spring you get, the stiffer the competition you'll see from retail buyers.

Wholesaling is competition for a realtor and I believe that's why Mr.

real estate has supply limitations for buy and hold and flipping....whereas the stock market you can leverage your capital 4 to 1. and scale ..as I mentioned before I like real estate but as an investor I see alot more competition and properties going higher and reducing cash flow

More specifically, the supply index within a 5 mile radius of the facility - is it undersupplied, oversupplied, or at equilibrium, the quality of the competition, is it growing, stable, declining, Median Income, etc. 3.  

Since moving here to Las Vegas I have learned how competitive the flip market is and realized that I will certainly not make it if I only buy at the auctions!

The competition just wanted out.  

As a wholesaler the time saved alone is worth that, and I would imagine a flipper would appreciate the chance to save time and money by skipping the wholesaler.With that said, being a wholesaler myself I feel like it would be unwanted competition!

As @Leo Khmelniker  said, it's super competitive, and there are lots of "trending" neighborhoods/strategies.