So get out of your comfort zone and get out and meet the people in YOUR area that are doing what you want to do.And a special thanks to the WMRPOA, if you're in West Michigan/Grand Rapids area you owe it to yourself to check it out.

She's not much of a looker right now but this tiny house (912 sq ft) features 2 bedrooms 1 bath and what will be a spacious kitchen...Scooped this lil puppy off the MLS at what I think is a pretty good deal ($61k) especially considering this house sits on a nice 50 x 100 lot next to park and that vacant lots in the area are going for $60-75k...In fact, here is why I believe I bought the home while most investors passed on it...At one point and time the above space was a kitchen... you can't tell but the floor has also sank by 6 inches or so (termites)...If we were in another place financially we would keep this in our Buy & Hold portfolio as land values are rapidly increasing in this area because of it's close proximity to downtown Houston and several major freeways. 

Over the last year I have come across several members looking to house hacking in the Grand Rapids area.  

The laws are so twisted in this State in the favor of the big banking system and lenders. on top of all of this, the average household income is dropping in this City while the home prices are rising rapidly. 

Could I reasonably expect that the value of the most expensive house on the block would also rise given the values rising rapidly in the remaining neighborhood?

I've been inspired by so many people on BP, and I want to safely expand my portfolio rapidly over the next few years.

Keywords: Grand Rapids Michigan

What real estate form is best used for this in Grand Rapids?  

I pay the water in my 3 Grand Rapids Properties.  

We live in Grand Rapids and are having difficulty finding properties that fit our requirements price wise so we started thinking about branching out to Big Rapids or Kalamazoo.