Granted, it's harder to find those these days and many investors found they have to compromise some of the margins but it's not all lost. 

Yes, I could buy something and make $ but there isn't enough margin I beleive for a correction that I feel is coming. 

Any advice here would be immensely helpful.Overall the feedback I'm getting is that the margins on this property are slim.

The risks that may be associated with this investment  are if the company becomes insolvent, but even that risk is marginalized as you still have an actionable deed, purchased at 60-70% of value, to a house that you can foreclose and take full possession.2.

I would not buy stocks on margin, too risky, if the stock goes down in value the loan is called and you are forced to sell or come up with cash.  

Purchase would be from the R.M. but you would need to verify the owner is no longer in residence (both parties).I would expect all RM's to be underwater and thus never expect any margin left for FMV sale even it you obtained title.

I'm seeing investors taking tighter and tighter margins just to land a deal.

The numbers are very high and if there is any profit margin, I'm looking at around 150-300/month cash flow.

This leaves a small margin when considering impact of seller concessions on ARV comp values. 

I think more than anything else that bums me out is that these properties were bought well and promised to have good profit margins, but due to my own laziness my lunch got eaten by someone else.