It can be done in smaller towns, but the margins are still very tight.

Margins on the market today are extremely tight.

Hey @Brandon LaRose, do you have the ability to use a Margin Loan against a taxable portfolio, or a policy loan against a permanent life policy?

Hey @Mike Levene, I'd recommend considering a Margin Loan against your stock portfolio.

Buy at a discount given the lack of building potential and can always pass that discount along when I sell.2.

New construction properties can qualify for significant insurance discounts, but otherwise, I generally expect insurance in this area to run a little over 1% of the property’s value if it’s in decent condition.Feel free to DM me if you’d like a good insurance contact to shop around for a better rate.

-Investing in low-margin properties where expenses eat up most of the cash flow.

Or do you have to offer your investors some kind of discount?  

A lot of the deals that I analyzed (and passed on) over the past 12-18 months had unrealistically thin margins, and I saw the same thing on some of the loans that I looked at.

Distressed properties are real estate assets that are usually sold at a discount due to financial or physical distress.