Kalamazoo is a great cashflow market and certain areas of good appreciation potential too. The

Hi Michael,The Zillow street view looks rough.Some things to think about:[1] Lack of off street parking (possibly add parking on garbage can side).[2] No real storage space (possibly add locked storage sheds for each unit on grassed over driveway side.[3] Non matching front doors, possibly match front doors, and not paint them blue red, black or pink--aka gang colors.[4] Possibly add black shutters to front windows.[5] Your insurance is ok with 3 steps with no handrails (???)

BP is wonderful for quick answers to thorny questions, but for local color, you need to be with MeetupBest,Bruce

Not sure why you wouldn’t but you don’t have too. The

I am curious too the research is a little overwhelming.

Also I've been fixing up the places and removing eyesore things (I had an avocado color stove!)

My obstacle was getting contractor to bid on these types of jobs because they scope of work/estimate has to have the labor and material separate and itemized, which, contractor are not accustomed too.  The

They are literally paid for their expertise in this space, so lean on them to provide you with market color. 

Hopefully too, the installment contract was made prior to Dodd-Frank or you may have other issues.Speaking of installment sales and buying the paper, I'm not really sure who the IRS hits up under the new "equitable exchange" rules that constitute a sale for tax purposes.

We don't have deals killed because of the color of the cabinets or other fickleness.We are able to develop strong relationships with our clientsWe get repeat businessWe are numbers/systems people, not interior designers or therapists.Selling retail flips is not an easy business and an art in itself.