What would you consider a good minimum profit margin?

I love the properties and the are all profitable.

Different banks/lenders are going to have marginally different numbers, but as long as you're not getting an exorbitant interest rate, it's going to be more-or-less negligible.

Less money on your part and you can pocket the profit between the actual rent and what you charge the others.Good Investing...

Can you net a solid profit, without having too much risk?

I thought the program’s 50/50 profit split would align our interests and ensure they provided solid guidance, especially since I was new to the field and nervous about making such a large investment and thought the 50/50 profit split sounded fair.

I am primarily focused on appreciation, but would like some cashflow to keep the investment profitable year-to-year.

Then I would do a low risk flip ( rehab less than a few weeks) for hopefully a 10-15% profit, repeat until I have a nice down payment and am sure that I would be able to qualify for a refinance, then buy a buy and hold then continue flipping until I get to the next buy and hold - in theory, the time between each property should decrease as I should be getting capital from the buy + hold as well as I would already have my reserves built up.

you'll probably still need something long term like software as others have suggested but this was a thought i had... you could see the actual profit or loss from a tax perspective for each property.

The brokerage house can lend on margin for securities they hold.