Maybe "economic redevelopment" loans at subsidized rates.

Its also sitting around >93% economic.

See this 6/18/13 article from the Detroit News, "Downtown Detroit rents go through roof":"Detroit — Residential rent prices in the gentrifying neighborhoods of Detroit are steadily marching upward, climbing in some cases by $3,000 more per year for the same place, and landlords are pushing them higher at every opportunity.That’s because the rent is still too low for buildings to pay for themselves without relying on government subsidies and foundation dole, developers and city economic officials contend.

I analyze financials for their development deals and help put equity and debt packages together.I don't know what your educational background is or what all development companies look for, but I can tell you that for the company I work for a real estate analyst (or asset management analyst, or development analyst) needs to have a degree in some kind of business capacity; whether it real estate, finance, economics (my degree), or general business.

I am a believer in small deals and investment opportunities that have the broadest appeal - there are more buyers for Chevys in all economic times than Caddies.I would be very interested in your resulting research on the mobile home parks.

The Cleveland real estate market, long stalled by a combination of poor economic prospects and a poor national reputation, appears to be finally making some strides in a positive direction.

Job growth stimulates population growth, which imbalances the demand side of the supply/demand dynamic.

Every market is different, a letter I send in Denver might not do well in Florida due to demographics, economics, and 100 other factors.

As was pointed out, in accounting, there are some areas that are more fun for nerds like costing or cost accounting, allocations of funds/expenses, managerial, economic and financial analysis and tax planning, a bit of this is good to know and accountants get it.  

Many seem to inject different sciences to evolve into some logical process but take care not to mix principals of economics, finance and accounting, which is what I told my students teaching economics, accounting and finance in college years ago.