All Forum Posts by: Jerel Garner

The Wayne County tax auction @ www.waynecountytreasurermi.com starts next month and the properties include the cities that surround Detroit, (such as redford, westland, garden city, dearborn, etc.) the available properties will be listed starting 8/18/17.  check it out you may be able to find something worth bidding on. 

@Scott Miller  @Tony Brooks

@Michael Kalisch thanks

What do you mean by "heavy lift"?

@Shawn Ward ... @Levi T.

excellent responses everyone, thank you.  

Hi Everyone, 

I recently purchased by first investment property and it is going to be a piece of work! I am going to be basically rehabbing everything including electrical and plumbing.  My concern is I do not want to fix one thing then discover that i should have done another party of the rehab first. 

Ex. installing drywall then learning that I need to cut the drywall in order to complete the electrical wiring. 

So, my question is does anyone have a certain order that they complete their rehabs? or Can you recommend certain things that should be done first to avoid doing double work?

Thanks in advance for the advise, it is greatly appreciated. 

I bought my home in Redford about 2 years ago and most of the home that had been fixed and flipped seem to have granite in them. I don't think that would be over doing it based on what I've seen in the area. On another note, based other research that I have done granite countertops are actually trending downward in popularity for new home owners.

I am in the process of buying a condo from a tax foreclosure auction. I have not been able to get access to the unit so far. The unit is not a stand alone, it is inside of a build. How do I take possession of a condo that I purchase from a tax foreclosure?

@cierraSeay thank you. since i can't get in contact with the owner. I guess i will have to try my chances at the auction.

thanks for the responses everyone. I was hoping there was a way to purchase the home before the auction since it is currently occupied by the potential buyer.

to @Scott the tenant is not paying rent because the have no way of contacting the property manager. No po box address, phone #, or anything.

Hello All I am New to BP and Real Estate Investing. I am considering my first deal as a JV with a relative. Here is the situation:

My relative has been a tenant in this home for a year and a half with out any problems with the home such as plumbing, electrical, heating, etc. The thing is the property manager stop collecting rent about 5-6 months ago, and has disappeared off the face of the earth. In the mean time the current tenant (my relative), has been receiving letters, at the home, from the county stating that the home is going into foreclosure unless the back tax are paid/disputed by March 31, 2014. If the owner does not pay the taxes by the deadline we are considering paying the back taxes and taking ownership of the own.
the plan would be for my relative to stay in the home while we do some minor cosmetic updates and then flip the house or rent it out.

Oh yea one more thing the house is in Detroit.

Any comments/ suggestions would help? Thanks in advance!