Also below are links about some Detroit's current funding and investment and where its going.Detroit to get $300 million in federal help - Sep. 27, 2013 - CNN Moneyhttp://money.cnn.com/2013/09/27/news/economy/detroit-federal-help/Ford Foundation donates money to help Detroit manage its federal grantshttp://michiganradio.org/post/ford-foundation-donates-money-help-detroit-manage-its-federal-grantsBill Pulte: From Home Builder to Detroit's Unlikely Blight Busterhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2013/10/09/bill-pulte-detroits-unlikely-blight-buster/Gilbert: Tear Down All Of Detroit’s Abandoned Homes At Oncehttp://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/10/01/gilbert-tear-down-all-of-detroits-abandoned-homes-at-once/Plan to eliminate blight in Detroit may top $1 billion, task force sayshttp://www.freep.com/article/20131212/BUSINESS06/312120137/Detroit-blight-Quicken-GilbertDetroit bankruptcy judge orders company to stop collecting casino revenue (Access to about $180 million a year that was flowing to creditors from its casinos)http://whtc.com/news/articles/2013/aug/29/detroit-bankruptcy-judge-orders-company-to-stop-collecting-casino-revenue/http://www.freep.com/article/20130903/NEWS01/309030148/Kevyn-Orr-William-Buckfire-depositions-Detroit-bankruptcyFederal, Foundation, City and Corporate Investment Areas in Detroithttp://datadrivendetroit.org/web_ftp/Data_Mapping/InvestmentAreas.pdfThe Auto Industry Bailouthttp://useconomy.about.com/od/criticalssues/a/auto_bailout.htm

If something is physically attached to my property, I want to have control over it.

No special permits required.So what's the actual difference between that and making those exact same physical changes to the space and throwing a microwave the counter and storing stuff down there sleeping there?

Thanks for the quick reply I have a feeling I might get an answer like " CLIENT PERSONAL INFORMATION CAN NOT BE RELEASE TO THIRD PARTIES.I see if I can get the agent to disclose property's physical structure interior and exterior at sale .

If I'm correct there is a planned casino and Amazon warehouse in the works in your area.

If you structure your holdings correctly you can build to the point where you make money no matter what you are physically doing with your time.Neither is right for everyone.

That would be similar to Buffet's approach, and could result in significant gains - but many of us would consider to be riskier than a real estate investment where the majority of your collateral is tied up in physical assets instead of inventory/systems that could go obsolete.

Are they ready, mentally, physically and emotionally?

In order for us to combine households in a property where we don't feel like we're on top of each other, we'd need the proceeds from their home to do sopeople who own 2 or 3 acre lots (which I'm seeing on the MLS) or those in 6+ bedroom housesMy ideal scenario would be that we find a 2 or more acre lot, hubby the 2 kids and I are in the "main" houses and there is a cottage house or some sort of agreeable sized outbuilding where my parents are My hubby and I would rent out our current house because we do have a mortgage to contend with. use proceeds to fund this "joint venture"All these statements talk about combing both your physical households and your finances.

I would think a consultant would be more independent, marketing services to the general public in certain areas of consultation.An architect or engineer would be a consultant.There are many areas of professional practice in real estate, accounting, economics, law, engineering, finance, marketing and management, enviornmental and physical sciences, geology, hydrology and more I'm sure.