There is a large amount of properties being sold at once due to it being an annual sale so I'm only going to go after properties that I wouldn't mind keeping for myself if the slim chance that they don't reclaim the property.

HDMI, SD, multiple USB ports etc.Cons You take a small hit on portability for a laptop vs ipad, but there are some very slim and portable laptops available. 

An old saying, you can get a loan when you can show you don't need it.The problem is that newbies come pumped with garbage from gurus thinking they can do no money deals, very slim chance, but not impossible, but close to it.Reason is, newbies don't have knowledge or experience in putting deals together.

Often books I have read say something along the lines of "make sure you have the little victories along the way, otherwise buying and renting can get boring" Whatever those little victories are.. be it a car, vacation, etc.My main job is a Vice-Principal, and sometimes in this field victories can be slim.

I'm looking for some house flips (Houston area) but am finding the majority in the REO market have slim margins for the most part.

If they owe $100k, the chances of them taking that is slim to not happening.  

You would likely have to put in some good windows to drown out the noise of the cars.The margin seems much to slim on that one. 

Once again, slim chances of that actually happening but it's still a possibility.

Since options are slim i'm wondering if its possible/worth looking for a single family and having its converted into multi-family.

Without proper structure of the company and knowledge of how to run your business with a proper plan the chances of success are very slim.