At $340 the numbers would still work out in the mid-term, profits would be very slim until we can vacate both units and remodel to significantly raise the rents to the top end of the market.

We both got battered by the last economic downturn... and are finding our retirement accounts and saving slim these days.

However, with the high prices along the Florida coast, it has been my experience that the profit margin is rather slim, given the high prices.

Unfortunately the chances of any property in Torrance cash-flowing is slim to none.

Yea iv'e put some thought in to the areas around Burlington also, my main concern is the job market out there seems slim.

It is like selling a slimming powder but you have to follow a certain diet/food restrictions, if you remove the powder and just follow the diet/food restriction, you will still be at the same outcome, maybe +/- 1 pounds after 3 months, but you save on the powder expense.

In regards to Brewerytown, the area is evolving toward new rehab and or new construction - multi's are slim pickings for House Hacking.

Average cap-rates for stabilized B and C properties range from 4.75-6%, so the spread between those numbers and typical investor interest rates is pretty slim.

On a 200 k ARV property it seems that I hear a lot of investors talking about making a minimum of 20 k profit, but 20 k profit on the 700 k ARV deal seems very slim.

The problem I have seen with many single family homes is extremely slim profit margins, meaning that one major repair will eat up all your profits for a year or more.