Do you know where you're going to work? At the tech center?

My brother lives very close to the tech center; he's near 19 mile and van dyke. The area to the north of the tech center (Sterling Heights and Warren) is very nice, and I highly recommend that you buy a house there asap if you are going to be staying in Detroit for any length of time. Renting in that area is much more expensive than buying. My brother got his 3br 2 bath w/ 2 car detached garage for ~$100k a couple years ago and prices have dropped since then. If you're willing to do a little paint/drywall repair/flooring, you should be able to pick up a house in the area for 80-90k. Otherwise, it's 100-110k.

Let me know if you need any help or info.


Oh, and do not wander south of the freeway (696). Pretty much anything south of 10 mile is bad, and it gets worse the farther south you go.