What about Indian Village, Grosse Pointe and the other fancy areas?

I recommend folks take a few minutes and check out the Palmer Park, Boston Edison and Indian Village neighborhoods of Detroit on Google Street view ... example here: http://goo.gl/maps/HDN8T Amazing homes and many that can be had for a fraction of other areas of the country.

When I inquired why, I was informed by the Nominating Committee:(1) Because I had previously served on the Board, the Nominating Committee "felt that others owners in the village should have the opportunity to serve.someone else should have the opportunity to serve."

Since the house sounds like it is in rough shape, maybe they can bring it to the villages attention for not being up to code?

We run a small investment management firm (it’s just the two of us – he’s the investor, I take care of the books), and we owned a two family house from October 2001 until October 2012, in the Elmwood Village area.

The upstairs has 3 rooms that I can rent out during the summers as the village it is situated in is on the famous "Coast to Coast" walk.

But I am working on transactions from Sauk Village to Crystal Lake.

I actually live in the Village of Waunakee, which is really a 'burb of Madison, Wisconsin.

You need to clarify that with the assesor in the township/city/village it is in.Last year we bought a property that had a homestead on it and after talking with the assesor I waited to close until January 2 to keep the homestead for the rest of the 2012 tax year.

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