The original 2 players are Jack Bosch and Land Academy.

I'm quite familiar with most of the PM's/players in Detroit and can give you the good, bad, and ugly.

For the right player, in the right deal, I found this as an attractive alternative.

Mike its also why many of the bigger TK players have opened up multiple markets.. so they can keep up with demand. 

I used to have out of state investments myself and relying on just realtors and property managers in a market and not being a big player there is not necessarily a great position to be in.

If you want to gamble on appreciation just go to the casino and put it all on red or black at the roulette table. 

There are two major gas players (parkers and enmarket) both within 2 blocks.   

All investors need to get to know their market and the players in that market.

Things are unticking currently, in part due to a lot of weaker players getting out, including "rental arbitragers" (full disclosure I have 21 rental arbitrage in my portfolio but I don't advocate the model). 

Which one usually has more action, more players, more that I could watch, listen and learn from?