Louis Metro (Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Granite City, Collinsville, Ofallon).

Welcome to BP, just remember to start off at places you already know or around the neighborhood (if possible) and spread out from there if now then expand to other areas and find your marketing strategy.

Does anyone know of a reliable service provider that will go out to a property address and take photos for you and give a market analysis for that particular neighborhood?

I just recently moved to Detroit and I'm a Realtor in the Detroit metro area and all the surrounding cities.

I imagine I'll install electric stove - but that's mainly because two duplex's in our neighborhood caught fire because the tenant didn't get the stop top shut off.  

Thats a big task and in my opinion a little too big of a project that I wanted to undertake for my first property.I have been looking for more good deals in the area but I keep getting agents showing me properties that are already at the max for the neighborhood in terms of appreciation and I wanted to find something that was below marked value that I could put some sweat equity and decent rehab into.

I've already sent them comp rents from MLS, provided data from my other units in the same neighborhood, and shared the HUD info from the different authority with them.

This is in a neighborhood close to downtown Ann Arbor, just half a block from the river and walking distance to the University of Michigan medical center, campus, and downtown Ann Arbor.

Neighborhood is a blue collar C area.

Just wanting to learn from you all about investing, possibly might have some ideas for rentals if i can learn more in a nearby city.