I was able to pick up a typical Baltimore rowhome completely remodeled for $80k in edmonson village area of Bmore.

It so much money forget building one building.. this money can build village in Africa.

That said, if you are a Buy/Hold/Rent Investor and your properties are pretty much on auto-pilot making a solid ROI, even if property values go down in the future, RENTS will not (typically) go down - or they will only go down slightly.  

In the Auto industry used cars are all valued based on book value (Kelly Blue Book or Nada).  

One of the things that concern me buying in Michigan is the auto market industry and the sub-prime loans.

lenders insurance is what matters and it is auto assigned to you when you purchase the note.

When you take into account on the cars  NO oil Changes NO tune up  No brakes .. the only thing you do to it is window wiper fluid and tires .... the auto pilot is sheer genius.. espically in bumper to bumper traffic.. it will come to a complete stop.. you dial in 2 car lengths to the car in front of you sit back and drink your coffee.. much safer no chance of fender benders..

If your passion is your other business, and it is highly profitable, then I would focus my attention there until it scales to such a point that it can get put on auto-pilot and/or sold.

If one has a preference for trucks or other large vehicles over the IRS weight limit you receive full benefit of depreciation (up to business use).Currently the code limits business car deprecation to basically a Hond...

I hate this auto fill mortgage company