I thought he'd gotten tired of me and somehow figured out a way to block me.

PLANTING AGAINST POLLUTIONDriving around Detroit's emptier areas, blocks with one house or a few homes left are a common sight.

Nice house in a nice enough blue-collar area, probably B+/B... new tenants down the block reportedly drinking, partying and now... fighting and shooting.

I have blocked 2008 to 2011 completely out of my memory.

I do lower end stuff in lower end neighborhoods, but still like to be the best looking house on the block.

The property is supposedly a block outside of the Belknap Lookout but shows it on zillow.

It will be harder with the little houses here for you to make a decision as fast as local investors who know the area block by block.All the best.

I am a relatively new investor and must admit I am really struggling with determining what a property is worth...I realize ultimately if the deal goes far enough we will need to do an appraisal and this will tell us the lending value.....However, when I am analyzing properties sometimes the pricing just does not make sense....for example two duplexes on the same street within a few blocks of each other....they appear to be in similar condition....One is a foreclosure listed for 97,000....another is a regular sale (not foreclosure or short sale) for 59,000....the foreclose is vacant and needs work...the regular sale is in good condition, has performing tenants in place for 650/side...I just don't understand why can be so different....When looking at properties I see examples like this all the time.

We regularly use Kijiji (like Craigslist) to list our units {though last week they announced they will start charging $29.99 for real-estate listings ... the latest change since they were acquired by eBay} and it has worked well for us.I also use individual appointments, but try to schedule them in blocks (15-minute showings with a 5-minute window between appointments).

I'm going to use aluminum L channel to keep it all together and a rubber membrane to block water.