Determine Assumability: As the first step, confirm with the seller whether the existing ARM is assumable.

I'd like to be able to look at an incoming lead, talk to the homeowner, and basically have something like a Swiss Army Knife of solutions / strategies in my head, and be ready to offer the right one for that particular house. 

My opinion is that my area is very expensive in general, so what may be a pig at 20k in Indian Head, MD is still a pig at 42k in Fredericksburg.

One thing I can attest to is that Washington state has recently approved the sale and propagation of legal marijuana on Indian reservations.

@Eric Army I agree completely with the fact that as investors should look to provide value to the community, and returns will come.

Just to set you at ease, JAGs are not out in the field as seen on TV, you're at a Division level (Army) or higher, not many bullets fly in that area.

As I pulled up to his pickup, I saw a military man with one of those army hats with a full-encircled brim.

With beautiful neighborhoods like Indian Village Detroit is a diamond in the rough and investing in Detroit will certainly pay off.

I don't get why the prejudice continues today - why 80% of asian indians have bachelor's degrees and yet we're told minorities need "our" extra help.

The same reason the French and Indian War wasn't fought in France.