How do I make sure I'm looking out for my investor's best interests while maintaining healthy profit margins for my business?

Recently, I started working with one of my best friends who is a designer and I love the way my projects are turning out.My margins have been pretty good (upward 20% on an average 4-6 month time span). 

The contractors will support their returning customers or larger jobs more intensly then smaller low margin jobs with a new client. 

As a general rule, if your profit margin is higher than 10% or $10,000, you may do better to do a double close rather than the assignment.

A typical finder will either assign their contract for a fee of 5 to 20K depending on the quality of the deal or contemporaneously close it so you won't know their margin.

I don’t think Zillow, Offerpad or Perch instant offers could ever replace Realtors® because the offers come from real estate investors, and their margins are greater than the 5-6 percent it costs to sell a home.

The compexity goes up as the margin comes down.

That means underwrite conservatively with margins for safety and don't over-leverage and you'll be fine.

The odds favor you by a large margin.

We invest in Portland and the West End......you just have to be strict about how you screen......have a criteria and stick to it...... run yours numbers and don’t get anything with tight margins for cashflow......there are some nice areas in the West...... drive around and you’ll be able to tell......