You can also use BLOCK NUMBER on your iPhone.

On top of that, the rent-to-price ratios in Detroit often outperform other markets, which can mean solid cash flow alongside appreciation potential as the city continues to grow.The key with Detroit is understanding the nuances of the market—it has a large footprint, and neighborhoods can vary drastically, even block by block.

With that being said having your team in place is the biggest stepping block to having success in the real estate world. 

The city operates on a block-by-block basis, and understanding those nuances takes legwork—or working with someone who truly knows the area.

Work with a tax professional (preferably a CPA that does tax planning and not someone at H&R Block or TurboTax) to ensure you qualify.

Downtown is about 10-15 years in to a gentrification cycle and varies from block to block. 

Data point: we have a long-term rental in a popular STR neighborhood listed through Zillow right now.Every person who writes asking to do some sort of arbitrage is blocked by the Zillow platform.I don't even have to say "no thank you anymore."  

Our daughter lives three block from there and we thought eventually she possibly could move in there.

Strip the floor to the subfloor and paint over it to stain block then just recarpet or put in vinyl to mitigate future stains. 

I will be using this as a building block on how I manage properties in the future so its important to me to have a basis to start from.