Raleigh/Triangle experienced a tremendous amount of growth the past couple years as home prices jumped up rapidly and we are seeing the same growth in rents.

A rapidly growing HOT area!

I hear a ton about fix and flip partnership where the passive investor expects a rapid return on his/her money, but what about those of us who are looking to help those people who have large sums of money sitting in the bank earning negligible interest?

You can scan your property and know exactly what changes need to be made to keep the community looking better every day.7.

They get it wrong on location (using comps from inferior neighborhoods), condition/quality (using fixer-uppers or cosmetic rehabs as comps for a gut renovation), and date (using comps from 11 months ago in a rapidly appreciating neighborhood).The results can be wildly different. 

In midtown I think this is speculation based on news of the now funded rapid transit busline and development of small commercial nodes along its route.

They always say share what you're doing so here it goes.I definitely am a huge fan of house hacking, however since I won't be able to have a place of my own for at least a year and a half from now due to training, and I wanted to get started investing, I bought my first duplex rental in Grand Rapids, Michigan, it's second largest city.

Take snapshots or scans of receipts, business cards and other "stuff" and store it online for easy access from anywhere.

I have some liquid funds that I would like to use for doing my first rehab in Grand Rapids,MI.

Looks like with being a family man trying to make more money you would want to start with the first step of saving your way rapidly to an emergency fund of 1-2K and 25K hard cash to work with.