In the spring I'll add some more dirt and either grass seed or landscape stone to finish it.2.

I have all entitlements, permits, plans and proformas all complete, but then the seed money evaporated at the last minute.

We have already claimed success in planting the seed and turned it over to God, now it is up to us to water the seed and let the magic work! 

I have my neighbor watering the lawn and its seeded nut of course new lawn is something else.Thanks again for your help

Detroit had a number of very unfriendly investor situations.. from the danger of your block going to seed... to Devils night and your house gets torched. to Wayne county basically being totally dysfunctional as a county entity.. just better places to invest.. is better in the suburbs of Detroit and out of Wayne county I have no doubt its better and probably sustainable.So in my mind If you live there and its your JOB to buy and run these assets then by all means give it a go..

The choices are:- Seed Lawn- Sod Lawn- Drought resist lanscapingMy broker is encouraging me to use sod for a quick sale, but the irrigation district has limited watering to two days a week.The neighborhood is about fifty years old without HOA restrictions.

I would start planting seeds by doing some marketing.  

It allows you to recycle your seed money by purchasing a property below market, getting it rent ready, renting it at a price which allows the property to cash flow even with a higher mortgage and then refinancing at the now higher valuation to get your seed money out and available for the next project.   

I would first build a base savings of a few thousand for emergencies and seed money for investment.

There will always be bad seeds or options that don’t work out.