Here are a few stats which should raise an eyebrow about Detroit $1 billion invested in more than 4,600 units of affordable housing over the past five years Job growth with more than 25,000 more Detroiters employed since 2014 A return to investment grade bond status for the first time since 2009Reductions in crime beating national trends, including the fewest homicides in 57 years Successfully hosting the largest ever NFL Draft at 775,000 people over three days In terms of starting out in Real Estate it also makes sense to invest in Detroit considering that the entry costs are low and if you plan to buy and hold, Section 8 makes for a great partner to insure steady rent payments.

If you want to put the deposit in a out of state/online bank, then you will have to furnish a bond.  

One of those “safe” assets are US Treasury bonds.

For people that want to close and make it pretty/official/permitted/etc once they are owners, the question is "what is the cheapest way we can get this to pass an appraisal without the appraiser calling for a licensed/bonded/professional/whatever to fix things prior to closing?"

The five year swap, ten year bond, and two year swap have all gone up dramatically because of the actions of the federal reserve. 

You have to realize that if we get another euphoria in the general markets(RE, equities, bonds, crypto, gold, etc.) then places with scarcity in RE will definitively be a pressing subject.

With more focus on the inflation of the money supply, investors are allocating less to Treasuries, pushing bond prices down and yields up since they move inversely.Mortgage rates which are closely tied to the 10-year Treasury yield, are rising as those yields climb.

It seems like a win-win: tenants benefit financially, and landlords strengthen tenant relationships while making their properties more appealing. 

So I say, I say “Wait a minute… How come REI supports income streams so much better than Stock / Bond portfolios if it has the same return as stocks?”

As used in this Section 18, "Interest in the Property" means any legal or beneficial interest in the Property, including, but not limited to, those beneficial interests transferred in a bond for deed, contract for deed, installment sales contract or escrow agreement, the intent of which is the transfer of title by Borrower at a future date to purchaser.Thanks, I got the impression there was a difference between contract for deed and subject to.