I will be in GR next weekend to look at some multi-family units, but have no experience in that market and am overall new to real estate investing.Grand Rapids is an intriguing market for me, because the property values are not too inflated yet (like they are near me in the royal oak/berkley/clawson areas of Metro Detroit), the job/population growth is fairly strong there, and i think there will be some appreciation opportunity as well.

Digging into Data about the Bloomington and Monroe County growth would be a great topic for an RE meetup.  

Anywhere that is damp and cool can support the growth of black mold.

And as I said before your Realtor and Property Manager are excellent sources.I want to know what class of neighborhoods are there, Property types, average sell prices, crime, schools, economic growth,  rent rates, etc., etc.  

I suppose you might be able to get what the seller’s expenses were back when he owned it the first time and apply a growth factor.  

Helotes is more established with continued growth, whereas the area around Laurel Mountain is still pretty fresh and under development. 

I think we'll see govt regulations that stymie its growth as a cash alternative, whether direct or indirect, until sentiment shifts.

Just outside of Center City in the neighborhoods of Fishtown, Port Richmond, Northern Liberties and Kensington are some very high growth markets.It’s only about an hour and 10 minutes away from Jersey City.

The upper unit has freshly refinished old growth maple floors.

Over 150% growth in equity and cashout refi for another investment venture while the rent pays the mortgage.