Pickings are slim around here...Does anyone have any recent success stories out of the Bay Area?  

The chances of ever using them is actually very slim.

By the time you take out expenses and such it is pretty slim margins.  

The chance of an agent closing a short sale is slim and this fee gives some compensation for that.

The likelihood that the listing agent has the particular buyer under contract for representation on the property you just listed is slim.

The numbers are pretty slim.

Needless to say, that a deal that looks fine at 10% EV, looks very slim at 15% EV and barely breaks even if expenses or exit cap rate is increased.The last 3 years were within 10% threshold though and that trend may continue.Hence my question: is 10% a "new norm" or should I throw it out and use at least 13% in my underwriting?

The chance of you getting paid is slim to none, and slim just left town. 

The Memphis market is going thru an investor boom right now, so it is slim pickings here.

From the little I know, you want that property to be an acre and preferably on a corner lot, otherwise your odds of landing someone are slim to none.