from the horse's mouth...

I bought my primary residence 3 years ago with a 203k on a foreclosure I found that sat there for 7 years and I don’t know why but I never look a gift horse in the mouth.

They can be thoroughbreds but you need to carefully vet the lease, the tenant and the property and have a backup plan if the tenant vacates as you will likely have a hard time finding a tenant. 

what is driving the economy, is it a one horse town?

Stay away from the resort areas or one horse towns in Michigan but Detroit (Suburbs), Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing all seem like bargains.

I also know how important it is sometimes to put yourself out there so that maybe I can connect with others and make bigger things happen or at least inspire someone to get back on that horse or else you’ll always feel like something is missing inside.

I've seen people make a living kicking dead horses, to my eyes it's not worth their time however.      

OK I think you're getting the (important) horse in front of the cart.What's the place worth.

Or maybe they'll reveal new information like they don't need a rental for three more months or they ask, "will that apartment take three horses and a goat?" 

I hope I'm not beating a dead horse.