Hello BP Members,I'm purchasing a property in the Kansas City area that I'm doing a gut rehab and converting it back to a duplex.

Hi, Everyone,I am a novice real estate investor in Florida and in my city, there is one team of agents who claims that they are number 1 top selling agent in the local market and they said there has been about 160 sales for the past year.

What town/city is the property located in?

Our state lobbyist out of Olympia spoke for a full hour on the socialistic bills and ideas coming out of the city council in Seattle in the Capitol.They are contemplating or have already enacted rules regarding no rent raises when service calls are unresolved, must show cause to terminate a m-m agreement, rent control, 5% capital gains taxes on RE sales (in addition to the 1.7% excise tax), pre-'78 lead inspections, periodic unit inspections, etc.  

Currently in court with the city because permits were never pulled to demo the existing sfh and add second floor.

I don't know whats its like up there in Jersey but down here in Florida you need to pull a permit before you do any Demo work The house next door to me was vacant for a long time someone finally bough it right away they came in and demoed out the whole place with out pulling any permits The city code enforcement went on the war path wound up costing the guy BIG in fines

Comparing the information, you're around a -2% population growth, -0.22% job growth and a home vacancy of 10%.http://www.city-data.com/city/Plymouth-Michigan.ht...http://www.semcog.org/data-and-maps/community-prof...http://www.bestplaces.net/economy/city/michigan/pl...Now, even though Plymouth looks to be fairly stagnant, I'm assuming you know the surrounding areas and can see if people who live there commute elsewhere to jobs and if land surrounding or within the city limits can even be developed for potential housing or business growth. 

Hey James, I've been out of Nashville for about 2 years now but still have a few holds in the city and a good grasp of the current markets in the northern outlying cities (i.e.

Floors have been my biggest issue thus far.  

I like Kansas City and Missouri in general, but I am still looking around.I am really looking for people in Seattle to talk to about investing away from our home town, what works, what doesn't, what questions should I be asking about these properties, etc.Thanks for reading and really excited about being a part of the community.Russ