But, the smell carries, right?

I have gotten into these battles before.

She had cats and the smell had been building for years and it was unpleasant to be there for long periods of time.

Thus if you buy real estate properties now using a long fixed rate and if the rate goes up, you are likely to win in two battle fields:(1) You win against the bank as your mortgage has depreciated.(2) You win against the seller as your home has appreciated.Why Warren Buffett is buying real estate?

This smells like builders too.

There is NO harm/foul/indecency in renting your units for market value.

Dose that ever turn into a battle to rent the property if more that one prospective tenant shows up?

I am looking more at Battle Creek/kalamazoo though, lots of family there and love the idea of living in a smaller to medium sized city.Ken, If you are interested in Detroit you may look at Flint, same region although hugely smaller and I have read some good things from people investing there.

They follow a different set of rules than "We the People" do.That said, the older I get, the more I see it as a losing battle.

I know a lot of people are battling the flu, so maybe February would make sense?