Once we have this we can certainly have a more fruitful discussion and hopefully can keep from getting at each other's throats so close to the holidays.

In other words our eggs aren't all in this basket.

@Brandon Rush Find an agent in Detroit They should be able to help you out for free Considering their main objective is to build relationships with people who buy and sell property Any good agent would trade information and knowledge for a fruitful relationship And you won't find any better information considering some of the top agents in the city have done Hundreds if not thousands of deals And if seen all the pitfalls of buying property in Detroit that's not something That can be learned from a book or a seminar

Try to turn lemons into fruit-punch. 

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Besides fixing an appliance a year, if you have good tenants you can enjoy the fruits of long-term rentals for a long time.

You seem to cast all illegals in that basket.  

I hope to catch up with you someday Anish, along with @Minh Le , @Jay Hinrichs , and other more seasoned investors that are able to enjoy more of the fruit of their labor.

The examples that have been laid out are all reasons why my family is diversified, because both markets can go through their crazy times and I don't wanna put all of my eggs in one basket.

Don't put all your eggs in this basket.