Boston is the next distant 2nd at 7.5% followed by NY at 5%, LA at 3.4%......Beijing came in at 9th place at 1.8%, and Seattle came in at 10th place at 1.7%.  

At the current time I'm interested in wholesaling  and maybe graduate to buy & hold in the not too distant future About wholesaling... does anyone have experience with selling purchase contracts outright as compared to assignment of such? 

I want to invest long distant wise and would like some direction on where people are seeing some good cap rates across the country as well as good possible appreciation, although buy and hold is my strategy not turn and burn.

At this point I don’t need a lot of extra income as I make a fair amount now, but I would like to build something that will allow me to do what I want, when I want in the not too distant future.  

I'm sort of fact-gathering at the moment, but we may move forward with Reonomy in the no-so-distant future. 

In the very distant past when I did this (flip's) I use my name and no entity.

Plans for revitalization are on the table, but these will - if at all - materialize only in the long term.The mistake of entering a cheap investment as a beginner will be a expensive lesson down the road - and I have paid for the lesson in the distant past and happy to save you those costs and anguish....

For those of you seasoned Detroit investors, do you think it advisable to start as a new long distant investor in Detroit given the challenges of finding good neighborhoods? 

As a distant owner I think I would rather steer clear of that area.I get the feeling Wasilla or even Big Lake area would be the next growth opportunity, especially if the Knik Arm Bridge goes in. 

If you want to partner with someone you trust in a distant market that might be an option if they are on the someone you know well.