We couldn't continue this "philosophy" and continue growing as rapidly as we wish.

She called Housing Inspectors on me because she was indignant that I wouldn't keep the heat at 80 deg that cost the seller a fortune and allowed her to wear shorts and a tank in February.Adddtionally this a rapidly gentrifying area, I gotta do my part to bring in the people who will raise values, not retain the people who will keep them down.

I'm trying to learn about house flipping as rapidly as possible, as I do not feel I have adequate knowledge right now in house flipping to be comfortable carrying out this type of project.

Houma is a rapidly growing city, and is in Terrebonne/Lafourche Parish (county) which have remained some of the best economically stable parishes in Louisiana.

I felt like @Joshua Dorkin is kind of hard on Detroit on the podcasts, but these pictures are fascinating.

Full Album of pictures- http://m.imgur.com/a/JO6hn

Original source- Includes interesting stori...

Also, a follow up for investors in the Grand Rapids area, who do you use as a contractor for minor rehabbing projects such as this?

Prices are going up and I suspect Columbus is still early in its recovery, but you don't want to jump in enthusiastically at the end of a rapid ascent.  

Does anyone know of a good attorney to help facilitate a 1031 in the Grand Rapids or Kalamazoo, Michigan area?

I'm curious as to why you would make this statement "But the real problem comes when Mexico and Guatemala get it and they don't have the ability to contain it"According to the World Health Organization director: "During the notorious swine flu pandemic, Mexico "gave the world a model of rapid and transparent reporting, aggressive control measures, and generous sharing of data and samples".

I just checked the site stats link at the bottom of the forum page, and saw that @J Scott was rapidly closing in on Jon's vote total, and will surpass him soon unless Jon gets our help :)So give Jon a vote or two every day to help him keep that top spot ...