Hi Al ,  My efforts are directed mostly in Western Wayne county and Downriver but I also do some Detroit, Harper Woods and Eastpointe.

I don't like cleaning either, and since she's already here for the Airbnb unit.. lolAlso, I did drop $15K on a European vacation last year, which is actually pretty modest for traveling through Western Europe for a month and half..

It's a flop in western mi these days.

using a home inspector is a good idea. i am a home inspector here in the western new york area. you could have walked yourself right into  a trap, and thats what we inspectors are here for, to keep you from doing that. if i were you, i would go back to that owner, throw them your new offer and tell them it is a " standing offer". that means, you know they are not going to accept it, but after several months on the market, your offer is going to start to look good to them anyway. my guess is that they will eventually call you back and either accept or want to counter offer close to your bid. in the mean time, find another house. they are out there and some of your best deals are the ones not even listed.

The expected ROI is 15%+.Feel free to google Williston, North Dakota to check out the housing market we are experiencing in the oil boom of western North Dakota.Tina

You may or may not have have an activist or more passive code enforcement in your city.Another alternative is to advertise it as one house with one ancillary building with an ambiguous written description.

Everything affordable is western mass, RI or CT

I am a new investor in Western Kentucky, but I attended law school at Northern Kentucky University. 

The draw for short-term locally is that the cash flow can be huge.I know from my colleagues that do short-term that the demand has been very strong for their properties here in Western Pinellas, but I would do all of my research before buying a property for that purpose.  

Networth and New Western are 100% NOT professionals at putting together fact based information.