I find them both front and back yards I have a decorative collection.

There are still allot of hard working folks in Detroit with a sense of pride of ownership and pride in their life style if they are renters you just have to take the time to get familiar with the areas that are still civilized. 

All finishes, materials, etc are already scoped and picked out, we have a template for 3 different styles of rehab, and don't change from them very often. 

Also staging/decoration goes a long way.

Yea Yea you're supposed to know what your buyer will pay from the start but its not always that easy and i have been off in my numbers before, my area is very very tough, every home is completely different style, land, builder, acreage; it's not like the cookie cutter homes in phoenix.   

Here are the few that I know of:  Lumber Liquidators in Albany.Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Oakland.Sincere Home Décor in Oakland.

Find a niche that works best for your life style.  

I'm in a very desirable area with the obvious red flags in my HOA dues, but it's a resort style community in a prime area so that's why it's so much - its also a very sound HOA financially.

Would you hire your contractor to decorate your home?  

The management style here is much different then my $1,095 and up rentals.Long story short on the blueprint of success for these homes can be summed up as:Buy right, I don't think Turnkey is the route here, it has to be bought cheap so that you do not have to achieve a market rent to cash flowMake it the nicest home in the area for $25 to $50 less a month then your competition.