You need to get in front of where things are going in your view; your view may be wrong, so take that into account too.My view on REI and a little in macro-- primo lands will be more primo, investor pools will run to chase dollars which in turn makes non-investment grade areas a better return on equity, managing and owning debt may be a better return than equity, international equity exposure may be superior to domestic, liquidity and cash reserves will remain highly valuable and the notion of all cash needs to be invested will no longer be pushed as hard.

Having a property management team with internal maintenance techs on-staff, preferred contractors/vendors(vetted with long-term 10+ yr relationships), and processors in place- is where you'll find peace of mind. 

If you were going to share that outside of this group I would be more specific on what the rougher areas were...for example East Oakland off Bancroft or International. 

There could be significant immediate cash flows and internal rate of returns and b.) it could be a forever home for me as it is tucked in a nice acreage with nice trees and the main home could be fixed up to be a real nice place to be.

@Matthew Kwan I'm a Canadian international investor and there are so many better choices that Vancouver and Singapore would be some of the last places where I'd invest.

.$300M Huntington Place Renovations & New Detroit Hotel https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/huntington-place-renovations-new-hotel-deal-reached$200M Chase Investment in Detroithttps://www.axios.com/2023/09/28/detroit-rebound-jp-morgan-investment$44M Investment, 237 New Jobs: Bollinger Motorshttps://michauto.org/bollinger-motors-plans-44m-metro-detroit-investment/$21.5M Investment for Detroit west side Dexter Neighborhoodhttps://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/11/01/neighborhood-on-detroits-west-side-receives-more-than-215m-in-investments/$20.6M Investment, 186 New Jobs: BorgWarnerhttps://www.crainsdetroit.com/auto-suppliers/borgwarner-invest-206-million-create-186-jobs$11M, 200 New Jobs: Volkswagen Scout Brand Investment in Detroithttps://www.teslarati.com/volkswagen-scout-11-million-detroit-investment/New Detroit Developments to Be Excited Abouthttps://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/15-new-detroit-developments-to-be-excited-about-photos/Slideshow/32734721/327353923International Companies Choose Detroithttps://www.detroitregionalpartnership.com/international-investment-comes-to-detroit-region/6 New Residential Developments in Detroithttps://detroitisit.com/6-new-residential-developments-in-detroit-to-know-about/

For international folks, they're not going to get as cute with it.

Signed up to Cleveland Clinic's internal housing office last year and paid the $300 fee per property for the year - did 3 properties. 

Here's some info about what's happening in Metro Detroit recently, By the way, no one else is committed enough to gather & share this type of info about their marketplace with supporting proof.Volkswagen Scout Brand investing $11M in Detroit, 200 new jobshttps://www.teslarati.com/volkswagen-scout-11-million-detroit-investment/Hotel Added to Hudson Site, total over $1.4Bhttps://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2023/11/02/hudsons-site-hotel-plans-move-ahead-as-city-issues-permit/71426631007/Detroit west side Dexter Neighborhood Receives $21.5Mhttps://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/11/01/neighborhood-on-detroits-west-side-receives-more-than-215m-in-investments/Norway’s Nel Hydron investing $400M, 517 new jobshttps://businessfacilities.com/nel-hydrogen-will-build-400m-gigafactory-in-southeast-michigan#:~:text=In%20Southeast%20Michigan-,Nel%20Hydrogen%20Will%20Build%20%24400M%20Gigafactory%20In%20Southeast%20Michigan,green%20hydrogen%20using%20electrolyzer%20technology.Chase invests $200M in Detroithttps://www.axios.com/2023/09/28/detroit-rebound-jp-morgan-investmentGilbert Foundation invests $439M in Detroithttps://www.henryfordmsu.org/news/september-2023/gilbert-family-foundation-announces-nick-gilbert-neurofibromatosis-research-instituteBollinger Motors investing $44M, 237 new jobshttps://michauto.org/bollinger-motors-plans-44m-metro-detroit-investment/15 New Detroit Developments to Be Excited Abouthttps://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/15-new-detroit-developments-to-be-excited-about-photos/Slideshow/32734721/32735392BorgWarner Investing $20.6M, 186 new jobshttps://www.crainsdetroit.com/auto-suppliers/borgwarner-invest-206-million-create-186-jobs3 International Companies Choose Detroithttps://www.detroitregionalpartnership.com/international-investment-comes-to-detroit-region/District Detroit $1.5B Development, 12,000 temp jobs, 6,000 new jobshttps://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2022/11/15/district-detroit-1-5b-development-to-include-housing-retail-hotels/69649853007/6 New Residential Developments in Detroithttps://detroitisit.com/6-new-residential-developments-in-detroit-to-know-about/$2.5B New Center by Henry Ford Health, Pistons owner and Michigan State Universityhttps://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/02/08/incredible-investment-in-our-city-25b-detroit-neighborhood-redevelopment-to-begin-in-2024/$300M Huntington Place Renovations & New Detroit Hotel https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/huntington-place-renovations-new-hotel-deal-reachedYou'll also want to be careful about falling for the misleading "let me help you by sharing my story" posts of members like Joseph Bui, who are really just trying to entice you to contact them so they can sell you properties.We are very open that we're here to get people interested in our Detroit market to do win-win transactions:)

The risk in selling was the area and low demand but having an international network access I knew I could help gather the best offers at the time.