Thank you Pros.PS- I heard that there are fat margins on windows so maybe a motivated supplier on a diet will sell them cheaper?

I think this fad is mostly passe at this point.  

Without the speculators and with an increasing number of foreclosures and tighter credit standards, the flipping fad is largely over.

Brian,That's exactly what I was trying to figure out- was this something filling a legitimate need for investors or just another flash in the pan HML fad?

@Brandon Temples, Another way to think about it - if you're someone who has a million dollars cash burning a hole in your pocket and a high paying W-2 or other business, would you rather try and find 10, 20, or even 30+ properties/units in some non-appreciating or fad market, or would you rather just buy one property in a market with an established long history of appreciation in both rents and value.

Two guys and a low-boy is almost the same costs but you'll end up with shovel marks all-over and uncompacted diet.

You could get to those numbers but it may be a fad in the future as things change. 

Social exposure always compounds over time and will continue to do so as this internet fad goes on. 

Markets rise and fall, with time, with national and local conditions and with political and investing "fads".Personally I don't think the present is a particularly good time to be buying, in most markets.

Crazy but its my first diet deal.