Quote from @Andy Gonzales: The margins have been compressed when rates went up and inventory went back up.

But they are ever so rare today, not just a needle in a haystack but more so finding a specific color of needle, with a specific bend to it, in a stack of needles in a hay barn....... 

I am a newer investor and had been looking to purchase a long term buy and hold cash flowing property locally and I ran into an absolute home run deal. A property owner/manager is liquidating due to divorce and sellin...

As someone young looking to get started the best advice I could give is work to start growing you margin so that you can invest.

But be careful of regulations wherever you go in Florida, it is really county/town specific. 9 out of 10...

Builder margins have been compressing a bit and many of them have debt on the build.

Finally, successful management always comes down to knowing your profit margin before you start and closely tracking your timeline and costs to ensure project expenses don't strip away that profit.

There has been some difficulties with finishing the first two units of the duplex, and I believe my project was handed off to another contractor as I am being instructed to contact the new contractor for specific task when originally I was working with the main contractor that walked the property with me.

We originate both hard money and DSCR loans direct, and as you know, the yield and margins are very different between the two.For those of you running similar models:How are you setting up your comp plans?

Don't expect it to ever be a hands off machine before many years of hard work and even then if you want to keep higher margins, a lot of the heavy lifting will have to be done by you.