Never, ever believe people when they tell you how much they made on a real estate deal (or trading stocks and crypto).

Detroit is also seeing the expansion of our international trade activity via the two new bridge routes to Canada. 

I also have many connections in the area for other trades, ie electricians, plumbers etc that I can call upon and potentially project manage on a house flip, rental etc

It's opening up for "MBridge" and it opens the doors to other currencies including Crypto's and Bitcoin.

-Long term holdMy rolodex isn't that great for trades (Plumber, Electrician, Roofer, Landscape, or Property Manager).

It's a more expensive market than the Midwest and the short term cash flow is lower and that is the trade off for being a few hours away in a landlord friendly state.

I then traded up into some small multifamily.

If you are, together with the fact that you execute trades and maintain accounts for your customers you're a broker.You market to the least sophisticated, smallest investors out there.

With comparable trading north of 150k there was plenty of spread for him to make a nice return.

They are sometimes called secrecy agreements or proprietary information agreements.It protects sensitive information such as company financial information, trade secrets, and other company information.