Margins are slim here but prices in general are much lower per property on average than Southern California so at least here there is a way lower barrier to entry.

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I live in Grand Rapids and finding a deal is very slim.

Generally stay away from loans where the borrower has no prior projects listed (easier to do since loan inventory has improved) or projected profit margin is very slim.  

Assuming you don't intend to live in the duplex forever, you need to evaluate it as a straight up investment and even if you were able to get $2200/month total, your margins would be pretty slim after paying your mortgage and accounting for all expenses (utilities, repairs, maintenance, capex, vacancy, etc.).  

I just moved to CA, San Diego and unfortunate the multiunit route is very very slim!

I know sometimes they get cancelled or postponed and sometimes the likelihood of winning the bid is slim, so spending a few hundred for a title search can get costly if you have an eye on more than one property.

I will make it a point to learn, of course.If we were flipping the property (slim possibity), this would be a little more straightforward to me.

I feel as though the margins are so slim that I can't go any higher but yet cannot understand how anyone else can go in any higher on these deals.

The margins may be too slim for me to take it on...