Prices are high and there seems to be slim pickings on the market for the duplex-fourplex category in good areas.

As mentioned, few foreclosures are heavy with equity, if they were they could sell quickly for cash, so profits are going to be slim to skin. 

I will go with the long and slim glass tile, like the ones that Sylvia has give examples.

After the crash, most think the potential for appreciation is slim so there's not the draw to real estate there once was. 

I haven't ever done it before but I would guess there are pretty slim margins. 

But sale data can be slim in lower income areas where people tend to FSBO and it often has no way to get reported to zillow or takes a very long time. 

That's pretty slim margins - how much did you buy it at and how much are you in?

While I agree that it is slim pickings for quality multi-units in Baltimore, there are plenty of good cashflow deals to be had right here if you're open to Single Family (row houses, in particular).

As your portfolio grows, you can reduce the amount, because the odds that all properties are effected the same time is pretty slim.

On the one hand, you have Clayton Morris, debonair, tailored, imperially slim, the good face, the good voice, proper media pedigree, presentable media wife, suavely selling the big-picture dream of hands-off, passive real estate investing for financial freedom to the masses.