Ideally, it only means being able to take slimmer deals when juicier opportunities dry up.  

While we have slimmer margins we have been able to keep tight control.

People typically take the late spring and summer as a chance to switch rentals due to 1) their lease probably ends then because transitions are typical in that time frame.  2) The kids are out of school and don't have to worry about potentially having to switch schools in the middle of the year.Your tenant pool would probably be slimmer due to the time it's available, but only families I would think.  

KC has tremendous market fundamentals that I love but inventory has been just a hair slimmer there.

We just feel the margins in fix and flip are getting slimmer and want to move into cash flowing rentals to ride out any downturn.  

You can find single family homes for under $1000k where rent more than covers your expenses while I've found margins are much slimmer in the DC area despite a much larger investment.

Most sourced off the MLS, short sales or from direct marketing.I'm considering doing a trustee / foreclosure auction again even knowing that it's most likely slimmer pickings.  

Especially in a slimmer margin new construction area like ATL.  

For too many years sinkhole claims were a much used and abused scam benefiting homeowners, engineering firms, repair companies, lawyers etc..By some remarkable coincidence, as the cost of coverage became more expensive, benefits became slimmer, and the economy improved, the amount of claims have fallen off dramatically. 

Unfortunately, deals to be found on the MLS are getting slimmer by the day.