Coos Bay - The main delay with application in this area is whether the property is on public utilities or has a septic system and private or public water source.

I have spreadsheets filled with material lists for every phase of the build that includes pricing for materials as well as labor, and sources that I use for them.

Monetary- they need to bring $XXXXX amount of cash in or monthly sources of income. 

Below is 5-year job growth, sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:Next is 5-year median price growth, sourced from Zillow:And here is 5-year median rent growth, also sourced from Zillow:Detroit's job growth is still far below the national average. 

• Crowd-sourced projects (think Crowdstreet, Fundrise, Roofstock)• Moving into investment for 2 years and sell (seems extreme and low level of confidence in strong desired results.) • BBD - Bulk everything together into one large investment, cash-out refinance, rinse/repeat (seems like ongoing work like we have today.)• NNN - purchase triple net lease opportunity (1031 everything into it, managed under trust, tenant takes care of everything) • Sell each off the normal way (even spreading out one a year, heavy tax implications and truly diminishes decades of work.) • Give/donate each away-----I expect many here have already been through similar dilemmas and interested in experiences, lessons learned.

I own one and use it from time to time, @Kevin S.The base of the Nix sits flush against the painted surface, and it has it's own internal light source.

When trying to analyse STR I try to use as many data sources as possible, AirDNA, Rabbu, Pricelabs and good old networking, ask around see what other investors are getting for their units. 

For instance, there's a ton of properties that I source for my clients here in Memphis that can be anywhere in the $80,000-150,000 that will cash flow at the 1% rule.

Without the high leverage you reduce the top source of return in CA RE which is achieve via the appreciation on a high leverage property.  

It sounds intriguing and like it could be a another good source from homes since the MLS has been pretty dry lately/hard to make houses pencil out for flips.Is buying from auctions a good idea?