The builder offerred $15,000 credit to be applied, however you wished EXCEPT can not be used for price reduction. 

It’s about understanding what each neighborhood offers.

If for some reason this falls through should I attempt to offer more money for a quit claim deed or proceed with the newspaper notification process. 

I use the fix and flip tab and it's great it tells me my allowable offer and all the tools are helpful!

Detroit has tons of distressed properties, and the city is actually offering incentives for investors to come in and fix them up.

I am very new to real estate investing and I am now putting an offer in for my first potential investment property.

There's a post right above mine from a lender... there's always a lender offering $$$ even when people can't afford it. 

It all started when my wife's college friend offered me an opportunity to invest in a commercial property.

As a student without W2 income, you may need to show alternative income sources like savings, freelance work, or a job offer.

When the numbers were tallied, he had actually lost about $10,000–$20,000 per property.Here’s the kicker: Had he simply bought the properties for $80,000, left them vacant for seven years, and only paid taxes and insurance (about $1,500 per year per property), his all-in cost would’ve been around $90,500.