Your time is best spent producing the revenue that allows you to invest in the first place.That includes using local agents you meet and feel are a good fit for you, property managers, possibly buying completed properties like the one you posted here, and outsourcing as much of the process as you can as you get started. 

Now all plans include List Stacking AND all plans now include the Driving For Dollars app.

Keep in mind most REI is a combination of monthly cashflow and appreciation.  

Does the Sheriff’s Sale combine both tax sales and mortgage foreclosures?

The city’s diverse workforce, combined with new developments and infrastructure projects, ensures that there is a consistent pool of renters, which can result in reliable cash flow for property owners.Finally, the Detroit real estate market is supported by numerous incentives for investors.

I've had pretty good success the last couple years with a combination of house hacking and building Accessory Dwelling Units.

For example, include thoughtful amenities like a welcome basket, free snacks, or local guidebooks.

The repayment terms for a 401k participant loan are equal monthly/quarterly payments of principal and interest (typically prime plus 1%) over a 5 year term (longer if used to acquire your principal residence).Please note that if you take a full $50,000 and then pay back the loan, you can't take another $50,000 until 12 months after the first loan was fully paid back.Per the loan offset rules that went into effect with the 2018 Tax and Job Act: if you leave your job and the loan is current at the time you leave your job but then the loan goes into default because you left your job, you will have until your tax return deadline (including any timely filed extension) to make the loan current by depositing the outstanding balance into an IRA (and thereby avoid the taxes and penalties that would otherwise apply).Please keep in mind the multiple loan rules:Under those rules, the sum of the balances of a participant's outstanding 401k loans under a single 401k plan (using the highest outstanding balance of each loan over the last 12 months) can't exceed 50% or $50,000 whichever is less.

•If jobless claims rise (above 240,000): Higher unemployment could push the Fed to act sooner, improving the chances of lower rates in the second half of the year.How This Data Could Impact Real Estate InvestorsScenario 1: High Inflation and Low Jobless ClaimsA combination of sticky inflation and a strong job market would reinforce the Fed’s stance that rates need to remain elevated.

Our mortgage at the moment is around $2100 including taxes and insurance, this would obviously go up if we do refinance.