Flipping rewards the people who buy at the right price and punishes the ones who don't, in almost any market. There's always demand for a well-renovated home, so the buy price makes or breaks the flip. The flippers staying profitable are disciplined about three numbers: the purchase price, the rehab budget, and the carrying costs. And they walk away from deals that only pencil if everything goes perfectly. Activity stays strong. We field calls, texts, and messages constantly from people hunting flip opportunities, so the appetite is clearly there. That's also the warning: when that much capital chases the same discounted inventory, margins thin out and the room for error shrinks. The math that keeps a flip safe doesn't change with the environment. Buy at a genuine discount to after-repair value, use a realistic rehab number instead of a hopeful one, and pad the holding costs for a slower sale, because carrying a property longer than planned is where profits disappear. Higher borrowing costs make that carry more expensive, so the cushion matters even more. We can't promise what any given flip returns; that hinges on the specific deal and your execution. The flippers doing well are the ones treating the purchase price as the whole game.