It's just the poison pill of 1031 investing because the reverse is true as well.

We come across duplex's often, but above that it is pretty slim.   

Like you, opportunities for new purchases that make sense are slim right now.

Yes I’ve seen the taxes in those areas and have been shocked with how high they are and how quickly they can eat away at already slim margins in terms of NOI.

Anything on the MLS is going to be very slim margins.  

And to find something that can give me that kind of  return is slim pickins

I own a cleaning company in Arizona and I know that it’s slim pickings for a good property manager.

@Robin McMullenYou can put in a prepayment penalty that would include required to pay all interest but chances of them signing it are slim and if it’s owner occupied you would be open to a lawsuit since I don’t believe it is legal.There is no way to stop someone.

I'm continuously looking for ways to invest even though my finances are slim.

Seems like every time I run the numbers, the profits are so slim when using hard money it's almost not worth doing at all.