It was full of people I didn't know, including the daughter (home on a school day), the older son playing Grand Auto Theft for hours (had lost his job).

Our current investment focus is buy-and-hold multi-units around Muskegon, Spring Lake, Grand Haven and even Grand Rapids. 

Save your sale, and shell out a couple grand to get this fixed.

@Rich DooleyLearn to make deals in your market, your first deal will not make you rich so don’t look for the grand slam, and taking action cures fear.

Once during the early 90s recession by a few grand, then the housing collapse from a decade ago. 

That being said the numbers will still look good If you can buy 40 k houses that bring in a grand a month in rent your going to make money

A few grand in value add in a good market will add tens of thousands to your equity so consider that, too.If I was new, cf would be paramount and I'd have to explore tertiary or OOS markets. 

This is a grand opportunity to drive the price down with the seller if you're buying with the right fixit-man skill set -- you're not.If you do this, you're making a major commitment, the kind of thing so far out of a typical hands-off investor's comfort zone that it will take her/him into a danger zone.

My family has been involved in Real Estate in Sarasota, Florida and Grand Junction, Colorado for about 40 years now.

The rule of thumb is it lowers it 15 degrees from what outside is when it is low humidity...so even if it is 100 with no hum that is still only 85 degrees...best be getting A/C.