So to end my rant and add a final statement (not aimed at anyone specific), "unless someone lives and invests anywhere in or around Detroit, then what do you really have to say that will truly be of use because all of your opinion's are created from watching the news and listening to other out-of-state investors bash Detroit and Metro Detroit.

Once the bank had made a "final" decision, they naturally wanted new appraisals on both properties (since we had carried out fairly extensive renovations to each).

Trying to drive well may keep you out of trouble, even having to go to court for a fine, you might get a warning for minor infractions.

I'm not an attorney, I'm a finance guy, one who has given expert testimony in courts with such given without much, if any, objection or challenge to it.

Please, feel free to inspect this with a fine toothed comb.

Listings can be a great way to increase revenue and at some point a licensed assistant can manage the listings and make a fine living doing so.

"Hidden Credit Repair Secrets" by Mark Clayborne is a fine book to lean some interesting tactics to have to improve credit FICO scores.

We are finishing up a rehab project right now and the contractor that was doing the work was doing a horrible job, taking too long and causing a lot of issues, so I decided to fire him this past Friday and cut my losses.I haven't paid him his final draw yet and based on the quality of work (or lack there of) and he was already at his time deadline based on our contract and had at least a third of the scope of work still unfinished or needing redone because of how bad the finish work was.I tried to negotiate a final amount for us to agree upon to part ways and have the contractor sign the final lien waiver, but he is requesting more than what I think he deserves and he is threatening to file a mechanics lien against our property if I don't give him what he wants.Any thoughts or suggestions on what my rights are and how I should handle this???

I just completed a final "rough" draft of a business plan for 2014 in the Chicagoland market.

There's definitely a fine line to walk when wholesaling and I agree it's wrong to convince the seller their property is valued far lower than it is.