Great book that talks about investing in a different light, not giving you strategies but looking at it from the reader's relationship with money and how their psychology plays into their preferred methods of investingGino

I'm in central nj, between my partner and I we have about 30k to play with.

Everyone gets the same played out cookie cutter guru garbage as everyone else.

One year Belgian DJ dubstep duo Ganga White Night was playing Red Rocks Amphitheater and booked, they loved it so much regardless of the plastic wrapped balconies, locked cabinets and pink elephant themed baby room that they asked to rent it again the following year.

Especially labor intensive endeavors like flipping.I think you'll find that using an IRA works best if you a) purchase in cash and have a professional property manager, b) invest in notes or c) loan your funds out to other investors for a higher rate of return than what one could expect from Wall Street.Could you flip houses in an IRA?

If there's a bright side..winters are getting less intense and summers have always been idyllic.

Instead of selling your place outright and getting hit with a massive tax bill all at once, you play the bank and provide a loan to the buyer.

All sales of the property involved the same realtor, the same lawyer, all within 3 years.The realtor pretends to not have known about the restriction, the lawyer is sort of playing dumb but talking about mediating as I point out they missed the restriction that they themselves originally put in.

If you are short on Capital, but heavy on sweat equity you want to play to your strengths, so using the banks Capital while you force appreciate a property you live in is a good way to build equity.  

Others play hide & seek games with their intentions.If you're interested in the Detroit market, DM us.