We would encourage anyone in Chucktown and globally to reach out to us to network regarding real estate related topics.

Well, in our business, we put a lot of pride and effort into developing a rapport with our prospective sellers, and like anything else in life, this "rapport" has it's positives and negatives.The negative, is that we've found that some of these people like us so much that they're afraid to tell us that our offer is too low.Instead, they might tell us via email (instead of calling us back) to tell us that our offer is too low...  

Start making lists and notes about what needs to be done at each address.Take the one that requires the least amount of effort, work through that list, get it rented and move on to the next one.  

The city is cleary victim of poor management, poor political decisions, etc,  etc but,  at this point there is a common effort to bring Detroit back...

@Edward B. got it right - - it HAS TO CASH FLOW or you're wasting time, effort and $$$. 

Your effort is definitely there.

This is to be sure you actually will have the funds necessary to close, when you find something you want to buy.While hard money is similar, it can be a bit trickier to get a clear rate quote without the specific property already in mind (and ideally, under contract).To keep things simple: I'd recommend still talking to your potential lender(s) BEFORE you spend too much effort shopping around.

Offering a financial incentive also enables you to approach experts you don’t know personally, since they will be compensated for their efforts.3.

Those tiles would've looked great reglazed in white, for a fraction of the cost, time, and effort to replace them.

That's one of the services we broker's provide and it takes a huge amount of time and effort.