Your goals seem to balance future personal use with investment potential.

I've been investing there personally since 2019 and own 12-doors in Detroit proper.I lived on the ground there from 2017-2022 but now live back in California.To answer your questions... yes, you can still find cash flowing deals in Detroit.

Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought”Mans Search for Meaning: - “What matters, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment”The Richest Man in Babylon: - “To attract goodluck to oneself, it is necessary to take advantage of opportunities” - “Men of action are favored by the goodness of good luck”The Millionaire Next Door: - “Looks can be deceiving”

Nothing against Royse City, its a matter of strategy, but personally I er on the side of better schools. 

From my research online, there haven’t been any recent violations.

What would YOU personally do with about $130k cash to invest in real estate.

I'm a carpenter / contractor by trade, and I've done a few major whole-house renovations of personal homes over the last decade or so.  

We have a pool of firms we've already met in-person and with whom we've done some site walk-throughs.

Maybe have a decent sized pool of cash to take care of the occasional roof repair or personal expense, but almost entirely in real estate?

What a person is stating when saying this is: Hammer or Saw, which is better for building a home?