Nigel the vast majority of this crime as you can see is black on black crime.. drugs , gangs , etc etc. the number one killer of a black man in the US under 30 is gun shot…
The surrounding suburbs of Detroit can be very lucrative for renovation flips, however.
And while the city of Detroit has its bad spots, it can be a lucrative market for cash-on-cash returns, as far as rental property is concerned, if you know what you’re doing.
Whenever an area is down-stricken financially, crime usually follows. The good side to this from an investor’s standpoint, is that this means there are a lot of people that don’t have the credit needed to buy, so there’s a plethora of tenants that are good people that will take care of your unit.
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