Hey everyone!  I just sold my house and ready to start making offers on my first project!  For my first project I'd prefer to have a GC walk through with me to give me an idea of costs and that way I can see how accur...

I am a student in Michigan (from Des Moines, IA).

Jackie Botham, GR, MI

We purchased #29 on monday. it's located in garden city, michigan. between westland, redford, canton, livonia and dearborn heights.it's a 3/1.5 bath, basement, no garage. super outdated. this was a strange one. it was a short sale. it came on the market at 40k. got a ton of calls, i made the highest offer of 50.1k. the owner accepted, the 2 banks said "no, it's going back on the market at 69.9k"long story short (long ordeal), 2 months later, we got it for 64k.we wont start on it for some time until we fix up 27, 28. we are backed up with some of the work that we are doing for other investors on BP that are using us for their updates/rehabs.my goal was 35, then i was going to quit my fill time job. i dont think i can get there with the current market conditions. but i will try. no additional pictures of the home yet. 

Here in Michigan we actually have an uptick in purchase prices of properties in the early fall because inventory goes way down but then during winter sale prices go stagnant. 

I am in Troy MI, there is lots to learn on this site.

This post is open to any thoughts and discussions. it would be great  to see replies and discussions from all over the nation so this could be anywhere in places such as,Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin WyomingThank you all.

Curious to find out if there are any successful investors out here.

Thinking about Central New York and Michigan as I have family in those places so that could be helpful for finding decent neighborhoods/pockets. 

I live in Ypsilanti Michigan.