I plan on purchasing my first poperties at the end of november..in the mean time I am trying to gain as much knowledge as possible to avoid problems and losses.I live in a northern suburb of detroit and was born and raised in the city in an area called conant gardens...

., a garden variety 1031 exchange by a national company will cost generally between $700 - $1000. 

We are having a vegetable garden there.

@Jay Dewberry Expenses include water/sewer, heat, electric, repairs (lower the first year given 50K rehab), taxes, prop management, insurance, reserve, LLC, gardening/snow, even a little for advertising if needed. total =1,300/monthfinancing would be about 90K. 4.6% commercial for 25 years.  

If you like that area, invest in places like Garden City, Wayne or Westland.

The few areas I wouldn't say have followed suit have been North Bryan and Duplexes in South College Station (Edelweis Gardens area).

North Metro REIA meets the 1st Thursday of every month at the Hilton Garden Inn on Cobb Place Blvd in Kennesaw.  

- How Hard, regarding permissions and codes upgrades can be turning this property 3/2 single family into a Duplex in Miami Gardens, Florida?

Looking for experience with small to medium garden style multifamily. 

For example, I can see that they surveyed over 1,200 garden style apartments in Cincinnati last year.