An experienced real estate investor from Texas bought 2 cheap rental homes in Detroit. You’ll never guess what happened! One was broken into and destroyed and the other one was a scam with fake leases, fake documents, and fake verification. I have listed the dozens of counterfeit products and services sold in Detroit and don’t know why anyone would consider taking investment risk in the city.
Quiz = When you show up at a McDonald’s and it is closed, do you:
- Find another place to eat
- Read the sign for “Hours of Operation”
- Smash glass windows and rip-off door handles trying to get in
For Detroit, the answer is 3 and Detroit Police are looking for a couple vandals caught on videotape.
And finally, in “It is a Darwin move to be anywhere near Detroit” news,
- An argument between neighbors over trash on Robson in Detroit escalated and a 45-year-old woman was fatally shot multiple times.
- A 41-year-old woman speeding on Gratiot and Van Dyke smashed into another car stopped at a red light, killing that driver.
- Two teens turned themselves into the Detroit Police after they were caught on video surveillance attacking a man waiting at a bus stop – knocking him unconscious and then continued to kick him.
- The Treasurer of the Detroit Fire Fighter’s Union has been accused of embezzling assets. They are starting a forensic audit to determine the details. The Treasurer, Verdine Day, retired last month, bringing the fraud to light.
- The Detroit brewery, Founders Brewing Company, closed its Detroit taproom after a lawsuit by an employee alleging racist discrimination by a manager.
- Inkster Police answered an alarm at a beauty supply store and found shattered windows and lots of missing merchandise. Police are circulating the surveillance video of the two suspects.
- A 50-year-old man was carjacked and shot at a Detroit gas station on Dexter Avenue. The victim is in serious condition, police have no suspects.
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