After a certain price point, one gets diminishing returns on a “higher end” house, compared to lower end ones (not war zones, but starter homes).

I just feel like that value is diminishing by how expensive this is becoming. 

Because of this, the lending power of a bank is diminished and the loss to the banks of their ability to make additional loans utilizing the same amount of reserve is extremely hampered.If mortgages perform poorly after they are sold, it could impact the lender's ability to sell their loans on the secondary market.

When someone sends too many emails, whatever little trust I once had is considerably diminished - and that's putting it mildly.

And I see huge motivation from someone who has owned a home 30 plus years. 1) They have out grown the home2) They have deferred maintenance and a physical inability to maintain. 3) Typically the neighborhood and infrastructure has diminished to an uncomfortable level.4) Typically the owner is now either single due to divorce or death of the spouse5) The asset doesn’t represent the same value as it did when the owner originally purchased it from a savings standpoint6) They are very easy to convert into low or no interest seller financing.7) They are typically unaware of values.

If the landlord pays and rents don't outpace rising utility cost your returns will diminish after expenses.If you meter it all out so that the tenant pays you will have to bear that cost.good luck

Law of diminishing return kicks in after two courses.

I know you probably think "studying" can take up 40 hours per week, but you're going to quickly find there's diminishing returns on just reading books and sending LinkedIn requests all day.

The cost to bring in a home whether new or used really diminishes the overall deal economics.  

Jonathan Twombly I think that many folks see no immediate returns on their efforts, so the level of effort diminishes over time, and we lose out on the critical mass that is needed to really begin to see the fruits of our labor (and efforts) start to show themselves in marketing and RE investing as a whole...so the point about consistently feeding the machine is a big one.