For any business related occupation, a degree can usually get someone an interview faster than someone who does not have one.

We also did several things that have held us up on prior rehabs and went ahead and did them anyways, they may or may not have been required, but going above and beyond, TAKING CONTROL of your inspection, and showing you inspector the little things you did because "you care" can go a LONG way to passing inspections and getting your rehabs done faster!

Sure smart phones have internet access, but realistically, it's much faster to just call a number and leave a VM than to wait for a page to load on a phone.

Trading commercial paper is not as simple as residential paper as the collateral is much more complex and the legalities of paper are weighted heavily.  

The prices of homes in Detroit and the metro area are rising faster than anywhere else in the country.

Sure the $140,000 home will probably have greater resell value or sell faster but your goal is to hold, your not worried too much about resell value!

That said, an eviction is fairly insignificant as far as legal proceedings go and how much weight would a judge give it even if a defendent printed out an anonymous scenario that matched there own?

It is the 80/20 rule. 20% of what you do, accomplishes 80% of the results.If you focus on that 20% you will get to where you want to go much faster than those who don't.

You don’t get any of the same satisfaction from viewing pixels on a screen of your investment status as you do from seeing a closet full of canned goods and critical supplies all stocked up at home, or admiring the luster and weight of a .999% pure, precious metal coin in your hand.

Well worth its weight in gold if you ask me.