Very Important: Make sure you look at the age of the deceased (don't want to send letters to parents of deceased kids).

In this day and age, it is tough to hide with all of the social media.

My local county recorders do not keep detailed information about sold properties, like age, # of rooms, etc.

My focus will be a comfortable retirement as I feel I am young enough to accomplish this at a decent age and comfortably if I am diligent and plan properly early on.

With the age of the internet - I am surprised realtors have been hanging around for as long as they have been.

The media constantly bashes my city and yet through all the negative statistics that attack Detroit Metropolitan, Michigan I see a vision for my city.My young age (21 years young) teamed with my business mindset and mentality (Been doing business since I was 13 years young) believes that my city is a diamond in the rough.

The other one who came, questioned how at my young (ha, I'm 30, young....) age could afford this, questioned if I bought it low enough, etc This contractor never even got back to me with an estimate; this after i provided both the inspection report and the CMA report that listed sq footage and issues with the home.

If you stay local you will need to look at inventory of existing retail and multifamily and demand.You will need to see if rents are declining and average vintage age of the buildings.How long you will hold and what financing you seek will have a big impact as well as the returns you are seeking.It's just an impossible question to get specific on.I can have one investor love Multifamily because of the value add play and dump cash in for 50% occupancy.Another just wants a fully performing tax shelter and wants low risk.It's just like taxes in that everyone will want something different.My goal working with an investor is to ask a bunch of question and get them focused on a strategy based on the answers and formulate a plan from their.Some want strong returns and others want low hassle with wealth preservation as they already have millions.

I have 4 children, ages 2, 4, 10 and 12 and I homeschool them.

The age doesn't scare but the poor maintenance over the years does...