The game plan would be to keep this structure for 1-2 years with future full sale.

I don't care if I'm ahead or behind of anyone else because my goals are not relative to anyone else's progress.I get your point that staying active keeps your skills sharp and that if you're active when others aren't you will have access to opportunities that they do not.

@Jason Mitchell two of the better Neighborhoods of Detroit's 183 that we've ranked.Are you planning to rent or flip these?

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If you plan to be there for the entire rehab process, then go for it. 

The first thing I ask is why am I Buying the property.I always look at the exit strategy first, is it going to be a rental, a lease option sell, am I planning on living in it.

It sounds like you’ve got a solid plan and a great passion for real estate investing.

That will involve settling on your plan for renovating.

Quote from @Jimmy Rojas: I live in Arizona and homes here are sky high, youd be lucky to get %6 interest rate, I would be a 1st time home buyer, apart from being 1099 employed would Trumps real estate plans benefit the little guys like me? 

I feel like the seller would wait and I could just buy it in cash since I do plan to refinance it anyway and pull out the equity once I’ve done some repairs/upgrades.