People who complain about Baltimore, usually spend 50K on a house and try to make $1500 a month, then they want it to be without problems.Spend 350K on a 3 units in Charles Village I guarantee you to make more than 4K.

I am a fellow NYer myself from Queens Village and everywhere else.

So lets be serious now... talking about being downtown, where the state put a one mile radius around the isolated communities where they are able to preserve the neighborhoods, does not represent what makes up most of the detroit experience of the hoods and ghettos. anywhere in the world has its good areas and its bad areas. but detroit has more bad areas than most.And although I brought up downtown as an example of where things are picking up, I am not trying to say that is the only area of the city that is not a warzone.Indian Village, Palmer Woods, Boston Edison are all amazing neighborhoods.John Berry, Sherwood Forest, University District and Rosedale Gardens are pretty damn decent.East English Village, West Village, Corktown and Mexican town are respectable places.Yes, there are more Brightmoors and Burbanks than good areas, but that does not mean the entire city is lost and that we should just wall it up and hope that Detroiters don't move into our suburban neighborhoods.

We'll be moving to the north side somewhere possibly Roscoe Village, Lakeview, maybe Lincoln Park areas.... though from my initial searches it seems a bit daunting to purchase something in any of those areas, any Realtors out there willing to lend a hand?

Now, that seems to be fading with the explosion of Southern Orchards, Vassor Village, etc to the East.For my all-in budget constraints, I'd most likely have to stay below Weber, in that gray area between north and south Linden.

He is honest, helpful and has bought and sold about every building in Charles Village and Mount Vernon.  

And if you're getting the village involved, maybe you can twist their arms into giving you a deal on the taxes (at least for a one or two year period maybe?)

Hi guys, an opportunity recently presented itself to buy a 40x60 lot for $10k behind a rental property I own by the Musicians’ Village in the St.

Last summer I started running a print ad, and got a call from a seller in a remote little village, population 1K.  

Hello, my name is Dave Danforth and I live on the northwest side of Chicago in a suburb called Elk Grove Village.