Record low inventories of homes for sale and new home construction that is lagging demand has upped the interest in home flipping in the Tri-Cities region. And the fact that flippers are seeing lower gross return on investment (ROI) than they did last year, but are still doing better than the national average this year doesn’t hurt. ATTOM Data Solutions’ Q1 House Flipping Report shows there were there were more flips in most local counties included in the report than during the first three months of last year.