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@Jesse Streng Great that you want to invest in the Detroit area but I encourage you to come to the city and spend a weekend here to get a feel for the market.

Quote from @Brandon Foster: Hello Ryan,STR is do able in the north county area but there are a lot of rules and regulations.The city of Oceanside right now will not allow anything STR unless it’s west of pacific coast hwy.This is changing a lot too so you need to be aware of that in your plans.Carlsbad is super strict too but there are some condos that are still available to do STR in.Medium term rentals are as safer bet but way less profitable.

Post the numbers and the street.  

The City of Detroit is block-by-block in many Class B & C areas.In our opinion, zip codes cover too large an area.We use Detroit Neighborhoods, which are much smaller than zip codes.

Each of those cities have their own pros and cons but I can speak to the Columbus market.

Bigger Pockets has over 1 million followers on Youtube and I guarantee if you walked out in the street tomorrow and asked the first random 100 people you saw if they knew what it was, you'd be unlikely to get even 1 correct answer. 

There is a lot of inventory in Jersey City, so compared to the rest of the state, there are opportunities there for good STR operators.

I’m waiting to hear back from a city representative to see if it’s possible to divide the lot into multiple lots and put a mobile home on each lot.Once the land is paid off and divided, is it possible to use each lot as collateral for its individual mobile home? 

Rare do I hear of recommendations but I do hear people asking.I would think in any big city you think about, a visit to a local NARPEM meeting or 2-3 visits would be a great idea.