I was told by a Realtor that the West side is more desirable to locals (which I was shocked at due to Grosse Pointe being on the East).

It comes as a shock to many sellers the first time they are in contract, so you have to let them do a little work to come to terms with this before coming back with counters. 

I was shocked to learn this.

He sent a crew out to clean the land and prep it for construction, and we've had an architect come out, and we have some preliminary drawings.

You’d be shocked by how little actual screening many PMC’s do!

I'm in the preliminary stages of a tiny home development in the Atlanta area.

.- How you chose that location and what research you did before buying.Add up mortgage, taxes, increased insurance, CAPEX, maintenance, furnishings replacement, increased wear and tear, utilities, and property management (even if you are doing it yourself, it takes your time which is worth something), you'd be shocked how much it takes for an STR to be profitable.

This actually might be a good way to avoid the sticker shock of a big rent hike and possibly prevent the tenants from retaliating and trashing the place.

Copy that and thanks for the responses Thomas.So, is cleaning the pipes or holding tank... is that the shocking the well?

I've recently analyzed each of these areas and assigned a preliminary neighborhood grade from A to F.