Prices kept risingNow I am playing in Detroit, building costs in the last 12 months has increased by 10% a good signCurious do other investors look at this Makes perfect sense to me, Marisa unless builders are getting increasingly pulled to the suburbs and build prices are rising simply to entice them to Detroit proper (not sure that's necessarily a bad thing though either).Curious where you're getting this data.

Even though my Sales were mortgage free and didn't require hardly any time from me except between tenants, I simply wanted to do something fun for a change with some money.    

While I know very little about your market, I am very familiar with mixing business with family. 

Can I mix and match income and expenses since technically I am working for myself in both situations, half my time at my tech gig and half my time doing real estate investing? 

Simply buying a stabilized asset and operating it isn’t suited for an the OZ program.

If you do decide to get a down payment loan (a better term for this would simply be a personal unsecured loan) from your family - acquire the loan and deposit it in your account two months before you purchase the property, that will meet the seasoning requirements by the bank.

If he leaves you simply stop the eviction and file to collect rent owed in small claims court.

I'm simply looking to purchase some property for myself.

The way I have handled this in my parks is to simply give them the coach and raise the rent.. 

I also have a good title company in Atlanta that i've worked with before thats pretty good.I am trying to seek more information on the do's and dont's of auction.com, hubzu, and just simply purchasing at an auction.