Unfortunately there is no silver bullet or magic pill in real estate, its work to find good deals and then build relationships to sell the deals.

I always tell my clients, there is no real magic pill, the government will get theirs. 

When I run the numbers for some of the areas around Cleveland, for example Parma, cash flow is very slim at $150/mo. 

In both cases your margin is pretty slim. 

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.

"I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!"

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.