-Sure you do not appreciate as rapidly as Philly, but there is value in stability.

The best thing i can say is that the city is rapidly changing so make sure you get in contact with people who truely know the city at a street by street level. there are several neighborhoods that are changing and can provide alot of oppourtunities for investors. if ever i can help please reach out. happy hunting

My business grew rapidly, my systems improved enormously and I made a lot more money.The only reason I left was to pursue flipping homes full time.

We have been blessed to expand rapidly over the past 4 years without any promotion or advertising.

The goal being I rapidly increase the SDIRA balances for obvious tax benefits.Lastly, I haveanother investor who is over 67 year and is agreeable to open an SDIRA for investing withme.

Unless you're counting on rapid appreciation to be a major factor in this investment, I'd say keep looking.

Here is a link to the property:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2047-Lafayette-Ave-NE-Grand-Rapids-MI-49505/23795146_zpid/?

National vs local can be very different.I don’t foresee a real estate market decline, I don’t think that values will continue to rise as rapidly as they currently are but I also don’t see a decline in the near future.

The benefit here is I can close rapidly for the initial seller and get them their cash in days or weeks, then take the time required to get estimates, permits etc so I can personally close the reno loan. 

Often times my deals are purchased a really bad cap rates based on actuals (4 cap or 5 cap), but I can rapidly turn them around and get them stabilized in the first year.