I advertise, people call and I give then a time slot to avoid overcrowding.I did individual showings for a number of years, I looked into no shows, I sometimes call back to ask, and the reasons are:1.

@Pauline Jones You have to be a hard hearted shark to do this business.

And despite rumors of rent strikes and nonpayments stemming from lay-offs, rent collections remained relatively stable throughout 2020, with razor-thin decreases compared to 2019.MULTIFAMILY’S UNMATCHED RECESSION RESILIENCYDiscretionary spending is largely cut during recessions; saving cash and budgeting for necessities becomes the priority.

  (2) a truly knowledgeable seller (like a turnkey operator as opposed to a standard "motivated" homeowner you read so often about) has essentially two ways to making money: (a) selling the buyer a property with a profit mark-up and/or (b) selling you a razor with the understanding that you will be buying blades from the operator. 

We are replacing the copper with pex piping in all of the trouble areas, and shark bites are a blessing.

Also if you haven’t already hit the shark bite for a breakfast burrito

Beware the sharks are coming.

I have about $30K and I'm looking for flips but in my market the profit margins are razor thin.

Either way, I'm figuring hard money for the lot purchase and build would be too expensive anyway, and any profit margin would be razor thin.  

Perhaps you can do something like Shark Tank.