It was all of you who were my competition, yet my backbone.

There is the step up basis at death, the move into passive fractional ownership and making income on tax deferred dollars and the deferred tax, and the periodic conversion from investment into primary residence.  

@Carl Brown I love any type property that has problems because average buyers don't like buying problems so I usually have little to no competition.

Anything west of it is gold, anything east of it even a block or two is worth a fraction of a home inside the boundary.     

If you're in a competitive market and are constantly getting out bid, you may need to change your strategy in how you're finding deals.  

I also quit flips because the numbers don't pencil out with a competitive market for deals and skyrocketing construction costs.

If you're working in a slow non-competitive market then putting in low ball offers may be ok, but if it's hot competitive market where more than likely there are multiple offers I recommend you figure out what you're best offer & submit it.  

But there will be a lot more opportunities and less competition outside of central OH. 

Sacramento is extremely competitive right now so if you can find a deal you will have no problem unloading it.  

So now your asking me to pay for my competition to compete against me.