I cannot and will not have higher leverage ratio.I admire people with 20%+ return and you are beating typical investment vehicle by a huge margin.

Every investor works by their own profit margins and have their own idea on what work needs to be done and to what extent.

I am new to this but I have been getting an average of 150-187 a month over all costs per home including maintenance reserve based on 11 month occupancy, and that goes up to $216 to 262 per home if rented the full 12 months.The COC return is between 12 and 25% on the the three properties, two are financed for 15 years and one is financed at 20.I too would like to to see more cash flow margin and am hoping to hit a 'home run' on the next deal.

Like for example if I try to get this property herehttp://www.trulia.com/property/3029822505-2635-N-47th-St-2637-Milwaukee-WI-53210or if i made a long stretch for something like this herehttp://www.trulia.com/property/3066284867-5907-W-Washington-Blvd-5909-Milwaukee-WI-53208How do I figure out my income opp. and profit margin?

Deals get harder to find and margins get squeezed... but there are always deals to be had.

But for some people it's worth it to lose out on a marginal amount of long term profit to be able to have more variety in their work.

I lose alot of bids, but I'd rather pick up 3 good deals per year instead of 30 marginal ones...

I also tend to think that they are all made in china, with the same marginal build quality...

Credit card is good but the fees eat into your profit margins.

But 1% will be only marginally profitable.