Too few deals, profit margins got slimmer, and way to hard to convince the seller to sell the home to me for 70 cents on the dollar when they're hearing all over the news how homes are selling at record prices.

Inevitably the good properties will survive on slimmer margins and flourish again as the bad properties are forced out of the market. 

Maybe I'm passing on deals because my margins are slimmer since I'm not a realtor saving on commission or using my own cash saving on financing costs.

It’s probably better to pay them from a tax standpoint, but the chances of them getting the work done themselves is a lot slimmer than you maintaining your home 

In a competitive market there are enough buyer who will buy junk REOs that the profits get slimmer and slimmer.

Or are you up to slimmer cash flow (or even break even) but with strong appreciation upside?

Meanwhile housing prices seem high, making turning a house into a rental have an even slimmer profit.

The profit margins tend to be a little slimmer, but the speed and the amount of volume that you can do surly makes up for it.If you're interested in moving forward hit me up.

I will say that you may find that finding props that only need 10k worth of work will likely keep you from getting anything too cheaply, meaning your margin of return may be slimmer even if you do everything yourself. 

So in reality those deals might be even slimmer than you think.