Also, it's likely that a slightly smaller amount of each payment will go toward principal since the loan balance is higher and the rates are likely nearly the same once the MI of 0.5% is added to the rate.

We are about a mile from Texas A&M. I

Thank you Nathan G. and Nathan M., I really appreciate your input!

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Jan - Mar is brutally cold with lots of snow so very few tourists.

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I fear this is going to start developing in Michigan as we are a Democratic state. 

@Hellen Sut in Michigan, once we have a money judgment, we try to garnish: wages, bank accounts and their state tax refund.

My lender and realtor don't seem to know who I should contact so I'm on the hunt in my area of Michigan.   

But you still have to eat today.Buying in  Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and Michigan might be cheap and you can make a little cash flow but, the trouble with vacancies, trashed properties and evictions off sets a lot of that.What I have found, is that by buying decent properties in decent areas, before they even get listed and taking over the current financing at 3% or 4% provides cash flow in almost any situation.