Hello,I am looking to purchase my first owner occupied rental property in the downtown Grand Rapids area.I would like some opinions from other Grand Rapids natives.The property I am looking at is located just south of Wealthy st.You can view the property here http://www.trulia.com/property/3199391082-845-Logan-St-SE-Grand-Rapids-MI-49506What do you think about this location?

My strategy would be to clear the owners debt and offer them some incentive cash for keys and a rapid, clean exit of the property.good luck.

The house is in a B class neighborhood and rents have been increasing rapidly since March.

Now I have the opportunity to go out to Denver, I'm in Grand Rapids now, but I'm ready to get marketing and I don't know which is going to yield a higher ROI and be more consistent.

Grand Rapids, MIj.

There just isn't any inventory in my local market (Kalamazoo) and Grand Rapids, the other major market in West Michigan, is way over priced. 

I have a property in Glenville where I need to do rapid repairs and may need to evict the tenant.

Second tier cities with high growth demographics is the way to go : Raleigh, Grand Rapids, Charlottesville, Nashville, Portland, Minneapolis, ect.

Locally, "dealing with the city" gets a bad rap, (part of the growing pains of the area - rezoning areas, budget constraints, rapid growth is always going to ruffle some local feathers:) but the folks down there are very friendly and timely, in my experience.

I currently am just focused on wholesaling, I try to mainly focus on Pontiac and the surrounding areas, but I am connected to a couple realtors out in Grand Rapids, Saginaw, and throughout metro Detroit and I'm always running across different types of deals.Its good to see a fellow Eaglet on here.