, it's actually by 696 and coolidge, the rental market seems good in oak park (close to downtown royal oak is key), I'm buying another one north of 696 moving in there and renting the current one that I'm living on.

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Meanwhile flipped homes were still purchased at an average discount of 13 percent below market value in 2013, the same average discount as 2012, indicating that investors are finding discounted buying opportunities outside of the public foreclosure process — particularly in those markets with the biggest increases in flipping for the year.”Major metro areas with big increases in home flipping in 2013 compared to 2012 included Virginia Beach (up 141 percent), Jacksonville, Fla., (up 92 percent), Baltimore, Md.

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The KEY with land is are you looking at raw land or as mentioned are the streets and pipes in the ground and lots separated out??

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I had a chat with our "Mortgage Specialist" today and she indicated no change {and was disappointed I was not bring her another one}.BTW: One other point about RBC.

Being an entrepreneur and marketing are 2 other key aspects, and I get information about those topics on the other shows.