You have no profit margin and one mistake or cost over run will put you the hole.

Small investors can make money at this through hard work and finding the gaps and holes where others are missing.

Also making sure there's no holes in siding, porches and railings ares secured.  

There are little hole in the wall IRRRL-only mortgage banks out there that don't even have underwriters on staff who really know how to calculate income or review an appraisal... since IRRRLs don't need those, and all we're doing is IRRRLs (no purchase, no cash out, just ONE subcategory of ONE mortgage product), why even staff for things like "income calculations" or "DTI" or "appraisals," when we could otherwise reduce expenses? 

Things like exposing thousands of children to lead paint, turning off the water to hide leaks and building false walls to hide the holes. 

I'm looking for monthly, quarterly, and yearly goals where I can establish pros and cons, monetary goals, fear setting, and whatever else has worked for you. 

Its the hefty lump sum that you receive upon the sale that can put you into a new monetary category, boost retirement funds, invest more with more, etc....

If I am hired to dig a 10ft square hole 10 ft deep for $1000 , I could send 2 men with shovels and get the job done in 20 hours .

Had I listened to my CPA's guidance, I would've been in the hole.

Holes in the walls would be a different story.