Separately - if anyone knows a digital interior designer would love to pick there brain for an hour and obviously willing to pay. 

My partner will be general contracting at no cost, although he will be paying a few key 1099’s and contractors .

Personally, I think the taxes are high and the services you get for your taxes low there.I know people that invest in Detroit but you must know the area down to the street and have excellent property management.However, I just talked to my CPA today about a referral he was sending me who is a client of his that has 30 rental properties in Detroit and selling them all because the City doesn't really help, charges for everything, and they never have given a security deposit back to a tenant after they stayed because of their behavior or lack of payment.

I figured I would invest in real world experience instead of paying a guru $20,000 to teach me what I could learn online.

Is there a resource you could point me to or maybe I could pay someone to hold my hand through this process?

For example, the unemployment rate, relatively low, is 6.5% versus MA's 3.5%It's been a long time since I was more familiar with Springfield, so I'm not sure about the impact of the casino.In general, similar to other working class cities like Fitchburg, in Springfield I'd imagine you'd fine the following conditions:- Attractive Cap rates- Medium vacancy- You're paying a realtor or property management company to find tenants (in higher end cities the tenants pay the realtor fee)- Section 8 tenants -- could be a negative or positive, depending on your view.

I am paying a bunch of interest on the short term loan, with no timeline or updates.  

For due diligence, is it appropriate to ask for records showing current tenants are paying their rent?

I also pay for the water so the added income would help offset the bill, thanks in advance! 

very interesting forum , i happen to have some clients willing to sell medium sized hotels in Seychelles islands and also some property ideal for resort development.