This will make your offers much more competitive and is an easier product to find right now than 203k.BTW this advice also goes for conventional rehab loans. 

You're going to want to look for SFH's close to the city, which are highly competitive right now.

State Auto is the company that I quoted the other locations with and are competitive.

That will cost also....And you may not need to be so "Architectural Digest" with everything to get the look you want...for the customer base you hope to attract...What does the competition offer might be a good place to start your designs off with.Good Luck!

I know that Big Bear tends to be more popular, and there is more to do there, but it also seems like a very saturated market with vacation rentals, so competition would be very high there.

I do have a few properties but I haven't bought anyhting in a several years and I'm amazed at how competitive its all gotten. 

To make a broad generalization, Durham is overall better for Cashflow, the prices are not outrageous, it’s less competitive and there is more inventory.

Competition has been fierce for residential property and deals are hard to come by.

They were exceptional as always, and helped us secure the contract in a highly competitive real estate environment.

It is named as such because that is what you are doing to your competition.