Many neighborhoods, if not all, are very hot for flips right now since the prices have gone up very rapidly.

Overall I think we put way too much weight on annual goals and not enough weight on daily, weekly, and monthly goals.

So, I spent some time researching private lending and put together a presentation that walks a beginner through how you make money in real estate and how private lending works.I thought this might be a useful resource for others, so I'm sharing the link to access the PowerPoint here.If anyone has experience with private lending in West Michigan or Grand Rapids and wants to connect, let me know!

Unless you expect your financial position to change rapidly you could be setting your self up between a rock and a hard place. 

Grand Rapids Real Estate Bd., 214 N.W. 2d 532 (Mich.

Yes, areas can improve, still the point is this is a C class area at best, there will be tenant issues, the area could easily become a D- are again very rapidly.

I am expanding into Cedar Rapids, IA to wholesale.

There is River Ridge Escrow and Oshea & Oshea out of the Cedar Rapids area.

I am not an expert in Memphis but Columbus is growing rapidly being the 2nd biggest in the midwest and we are seeing many large corporations moving here.

You have established Metros like Cleveland and Cincy and a rapidly growing metro in Columbus.