Found a good 2 family where the numbers work nicely.  Classic flip job with laminate floors, new coat of grey paint, etc.  Only thing that is weird is that there is a hallway that measures only 30 inches across.  It i...

Development is risky, and if I don't have sufficient buffers and incentives, then the deal is too skinny)3.

Your very best education will be from other successful investors, (mentors) I have found that agents are the hardest people to train in the ways of investing, they (and I am a broker) have been on the other side of real estate too long, it is difficult to switch them from the mind set of representing others to representing themselves.They believe in their 30 some page contract of sale, they are content with small commissions, they don't believe the creative formulas that investors apply to deals really work - just too conventional and under the brain washing  of the established archaic systems of of doing business.Study investor contracts and the clauses found therein - us a "skinny Contract = one pageLearn to represent yourself with an objective of assignments for profits larger than commissions.Consider learning some creative financing methods:, delayed settlement, front porch clauses, vertical break up, seller financing with split notes,tax deferred exchanges, rolling options, principal mortgages, and power prospecting for wholesale transactions, tax sales and probate lead methods. 

@Chris Toedter It is a pretty skinny deal when you look at all the numbers.

Stop working with agents who will only show you retail properties, Stop thinking about buying and learn how to CONTROL properties.I use a skinny contract offer - one page - make it easy for sellers to accept your offer.

Don’t forget to pay them a fair salary for their work  On a side note, this deal is too skinny for my liking. 

This is somewhat of a good thing as it's a safety net that stops you from over-valuate the ARV/doing too skinny of a deal. 

I'm not talking about short term rentals or Air bnb properties.Here's the skinny, I have a potential opportunity to purchase a multifamily that (supposedly) doesnt have much turn over but all existing tenants pay $200/week.

Now there are people who would buy but they are too skinny for me. 

If you want to know the real skinny talk directly to the investor.