Ive come to the conclusion that foreclosure auctions are more beneficial for fix and flips than for buy and hold strategies because you have to buy at a lot less to renovate and get good cash flow where as you can flip a property bought on slimmer margins and still profit.

Some of the more vocal investors in this thread either invest in vastly different properties, in a different type of neighborhood, for a different type of tenant, and at much slimmer cash flow margins. 

They can add up quickly, from 5 - 10%.Cash Flow is starting to look a little slimmer isn't it.  

I think that the margins are slimmer and the time tables are longer.

Investors are taking more risk and working on slimmer margins.

While the margins are slimmer the cultures is amazing (can you tell I miss it :( )

Maybe I'm passing on deals because my margins are slimmer since I am not a realtor saving on commission or using my own cash saving on financing costs.

Too few deals, profit margins got slimmer, and way to hard to convince the seller to sell the home to me for 70 cents on the dollar when they're hearing all over the news how homes are selling at record prices.

Inevitably the good properties will survive on slimmer margins and flourish again as the bad properties are forced out of the market. 

Maybe I'm passing on deals because my margins are slimmer since I'm not a realtor saving on commission or using my own cash saving on financing costs.