William, the first time the IRS and Homeland Security show up on your doorstep with a federal grand jury subpoena will be the last time you are willing to risk your liberty for something as silly as a few thousand bucks on a down payment.

Right now I'd probably have to hunt down the great-grand children, which might be 50 people or so. 

That's a grand total of 936.What you are doing is paying $15,000 for $936. 

For some reason the owner of the house has put her grand kid on the title (Which is illegal).

This is small potatoes in the grand scheme of things and you’ve made what sounds like some major accomplishments.

It does trade off a few years and a small amount of money in the grand ball of wax. 

The Rio Grande Valley is also growing very quickly and worth investigating. 

There are some really good new subdivisions there in that general area, like Grand Oaks, that are mixed in among some older 'working class' subdivisions. 

New investor looking for advice pertaining to small apartment buildings (5-10 units) near Grand Rapids, MI.

I used to live in Kalamazoo, MI and Grand Rapids is a great area!