With real estate, you will never have a margin call.

A marginal investment (good only because your IO payments make it acceptable) could quickly turn into an albatross.

On anything that you "hold" less than one year it'll be SHORT TERM capital gains, which is just your "ordinary" (marginal) rate.Hold it longer than one year and it's LONG TERM capital gains (15%) of your NET GAIN.If it's you PRIMARY RESIDENCE (2 of the last 5 years) there is NO TAX on the first $250K ($500K-married filing jointly) of gain.Or is that only on any profit I make from it?

I'm not saying your deal is a bad one, but if you are going to be finishing construction there should be a significant profit margin.

With the death of sub prime lending, a lot of marginal buyers will now actually have to show a 10% down payment or more. 2.

They are marginal on income for that rent level, especially if that child support payment is large.

Only those in the top 2 brackets will see their marginal rates increase by 3% or 4.6%, depending on the bracket, to what tax rates were in 2000.

They waste time talking to sellers who are marginally motivated.

This one looks like a marginal speculation play because you're all in right at the ARV, and I doubt your rent is anywhere near what you need.

If I am buying a house that I don't feel as comfortable with or that is bigger than I normally deal with then I factor in a higher profit margin for myself to protect myself from the risk.In my market I deal mainly with properties under $50K.