Do not buy where state or city populations are static or decreasing.Low crime - People with sufficient income will move away from cities with high crime levels.

Market price is dynamic, not static, and is based on what people are willing to pay at that moment. 

As well as taking into consideration the HOA.You've also help me see a few other things I need to brush up on.

This could be from moss growing on the shingles and they brushed the moss off before listing.

Common area laundry rooms kept clean/well lit.I hear Facebook advertising does work well with well used SEO words and if you know how to use their statics. 

Thank you so much Don't waste time writing notes sticking them everywhere so you don't forget.If your why's are as haunting as mine you are not going to forget even if you tried.There is a HUGE leap between getting motivated/inspired, ... and "if I don't step up, my life now will become the inevitable unchanging reality" (think of the voice of agent Smith from the matrix).Many people are like neo oblivious to life's routine..Consider this..You wake up at 6 amYou brush your teethTake a showerGet dressedIf you are lucky you have time for a quick breakfast but most likely you eat something on the way to workYou are driving to work for 1 hour in horrible trafficYou work for 8 hours if luckyAfter work you drive home ... this time for 1.5 hours as traffic is ridiculousYou get home and you make foodYou are exhaustedYou are tired crappy moodTake care of the kidsYou eatYou have a little time to unwind and watch tv for an hourYou turn off tv and get ready for the next day.Get your clothes togetherDo your choresGet ready for bedSleep for 5 maybe six hoursWake up and you repeat the previous day's routine.This goes on 5 times a day.

Personally i move out from this area if this is common issue...This is a broad brush generalization I see way too much.

That's not how investing works.There will be bumps along the way, so plan for them and they won't be so surprising.There are many investors using myriad strategies, you could spend you entire life learning REI, or painting, or you could just grab a brush and start. 

But that is also a static, mechanical investment instrument.

Most people relocating to Detroit, won't consider many neighborhoods.I had "Detroiters" turning their nose up at living in Brush Park in a 2 bedroom for $1000/mo in 2014.