We usually meet along the I-696 or I-75 corridor so it may be a bit of a drive for an Ann Arborite. 

I have a decent amount of start up capital for my marketing but I just want to make sure that I efficiently maximize each and every dollar so that I can build and maintain sustainability with my marketing.

Chi:Absolutely, if your debt ration supports or can sustain two mortgages then you should be ok.

😊@garymariencheckIt's a good plan, but make sure you drive the neighborhood on a Saturday night to see if it's a location you would be comfortable having your family in.

Many of the techniques they use, driving for dollars, mailing campaigns, bandit signs, are your best bet for identifying and contacting owners of properties that are going underwater and may be looking for a way out.

I have came back to the address since driving passed it during July 4th and it was still boarded up which re ignited the excitement, but I questioned why in the last two years no one has picked it up.

Most people I know wonder why I drive a 30 year old car and ride a 20 year old motorcycle.A new car is not part of the plan, I say.What plan?

Philly is a solid market for that price point, especially for investors in New York who'd like to stay within a 3-4 hour drive

Everyone wants to bang on the drum of STRs driving home prices up. 

I have no facts to back this up, just a rumour that I saw on BP and elsewhere.Until there are some sustained movements showing a vacancy decrease in downtown commercial office space I wouldn't risk it, but that is just my tolerance level.