Plus, that's what they specialize in, so you have a bit of a safety net in that you're not jimmy-rigging a deal together with an individual investor. 

On a cookie cutter SFR you can get it sometimes down to +/- 2% or less. 

@Kimber LockhartIf you want to maximize total returns over time why not use a calculation that lets you take into account CF, appreciation, amortization, and tax savings in one model instead of jerry rigging the ROI metric to do something it was never intended to do?

@Bob Cutter That's a rule dealing with the financing for a Buyer, not buying a property flipped within 90 days.  

I got such a huge tax break when I bought them resale price within reason is not an issue.WE have a bunch of stuff we financed in Fondren... my Main Vendors office is in the middles there right on State street just down from Walkers restaurant.Anyway good luck... also go to the RIG meetings there.. nice group if you have not been.I bet you did not think some dude from ORegon would know as much as I know about your area  LOL.... in the day I was the largest HML in the entire state  !!

That was my cookie cutter when I got started, mainly because that was what I was trained to do. 

bomb rigged to go off when a switch was flipped2. 

There is no cookie cutter answer for this question, only you know what your time means to you.George

You can have more confidence in a builder in higher priced homes, the cookie cutter median priced howms are a volume enterprise, more subsinvolved and a dollar saved is a dollar earned, sorta.

They know how to rig and/or control the auction environment.