I have read 6 preforeclosure real estate books, but some of the most important macro questions don't seem to be addressed in them.Investors are ultimately looking for a deal that has equity and you can flip with at least a 20%+ profit margin (unless you are doing a short sale).Question #1: If that's the situation, why wouldn't the home owner just sell their house and do the same thing?

Finally locate the property with margin and a buyer.Good Luck

reason i ask is because with that little a margin between ARV and purchase price, there isn't much you can do in terms of pulling money out.plus, remember, as many rei guys will say, "CASH IS KING".

The market is functioning effectively and easy to calculate margins.

It is a good rule of thumb though)Take that and reduce it by the amount of your repairs and all of your acquisition costs and an error margin( I always use 10% of the cost of repairs for those little uh ohs).

I had a $50,000 loan I was applying for with a major lender and was told by the loan officer that it was marginal at this level.

I think living in a house and remodeling it slowly makes more sense because you can afford to hold the house, stage it and if you only make a marginal profit at least it's tax free after two years.

I suggest you look for better margins though.

"forex" represents the two words foreign exchange and refers to the cash market where foreign currencies such asthe Euro and British Pound are traded each day.They are traded on margin so they are highly leveraged.

Well most investment I see profit margin are too low, the risk level is too high, the time horizon is too long, the control I have over the investment is too little or zero.”