The attorney needs to appear in court with the person who served the 3 day notice.

Practicing some can help you with estimating and offering.The market appears to be low in inventory and, therefore, a seller's market work on building good relationships with homeowners that can help you along the way.  

And the deals not even appearing on MLS seems to be one of the big sticking points.

I'm originally from AZ and that's the market I fell in love with, when I moved to MI two years ago at first I was not impressed with the market as it it appeared there was a mass exodus taking place in the state.

The house would tie up all my cash and most of my monthly savings, for what appears to be not a huge profit.

It is more likely he used language like "it appears" or "it is/is not likey".There is really no recourse here.  

(Doesn't appear to be any way to show that our appraised value has appreciated and we actually do have 20+% equity and drop the hold on assets.)

So if it's not a bad breaker it would appear you have an intermittent high load.

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Currently, the rents for this property are adequate considering the appearance of each unit.