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Real Detroit investment properties. Real numbers. Real holds.

A handful of Great Lakes PMG case studies covering Section 8 long-holds, single-family turnkey rentals, tenant retention, rent growth, a three-property Detroit portfolio, and fix-and-flip projects. They're a small slice of our work, over 300 renovations and nearly 100 owners served. Every figure below is drawn from real closing records, repair invoices, and rent ledgers.

Seven case studies: investment returns and management results.

Each links to a full breakdown: timeline, capital invested, rent collected, ROI scenarios, market context, and the playbook that produced the result. The last two focus on what day-to-day management produces — tenant retention and rent growth.

Section 8 · 8-Year Hold
268.9%
Total ROI
18xxx Greenview Avenue
8.4 years · Dec 2017 – present
"A $10,000 auction house turned into $124,908 in total return."
Tax-auction acquisition, rehabbed to HUD inspection standard, three Section 8 tenancies, eight years of continuous rent.
Invested
$46,454
Rent Collected
$91,362
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Single-Family · Under 3 Years
75.1%
Total ROI
15xxx Inverness Street
2.67 years · Sept 2023 – present
"A $30,000 house, 75% return in under three years."
Bought in September, renovated and tenanted before winter. One household, still in place, paying ever since.
Invested
$48,253
Rent Collected
$34,490
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Portfolio · 3 Homes
59.9%
Portfolio ROI
Three-Property Portfolio
~2.4-year avg hold
"Three Detroit houses. One playbook. A 60% combined return."
One investor, three single-family acquisitions, four tenancies. The same acquire-renovate-manage playbook, three times over.
Invested
$154,447
Rent Collected
$76,999
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Single-Family · Two Tenancies
53.4%
Total ROI
15xxx Woodingham Drive
2.67 years · Sept 2023 – present
"A $35,000 house, 53% return across two tenancies."
Bought, renovated, tenanted, turned, and re-leased. Twelve months on the first lease, twelve months on the second.
Invested
$60,132
Rent Collected
$27,260
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Single-Family · 17-Month Hold
52.5%
Total ROI
72xx Artesian
1.67 years · Sept 2024 – present
"A $30,000 house, 52% return in 17 months."
Acquired in September, renovated by December, tenanted before the new year. Earning every month since.
Invested
$46,063
Rent Collected
$15,250
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Management · Tenant Retention
~5 yrs
Single Tenancy
19xxx Fleetwood, Harper Woods
56+ months · Dec 2020 – Oct 2025
"The average Detroit renter moves every two years. We kept one tenant for five."
One condo, one tenant, nearly five uninterrupted years of rent, and about $13 a month in repairs. Retention-first management, quantified.
Total Repairs
$755
Rent Collected
$45,050
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Management · Section 8 Rent Growth
+18.8%
Rent Growth
17xxx Bentler, Detroit
5.4 years · Mar 2021 – present
"Same unit. $800 then. $950 now, and the government pays all of it."
Three professional turns, each re-leased higher than the last, ending in a 100% voucher-paid Section 8 lease at the unit’s highest rent ever.
Repairs & Turns
$8,855
Rent Collected
$40,133
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Flips: bought, renovated, and taken to market.

Detroit fix-and-flip projects. Stansbury shows the full ledger of a flip we ran start to finish. Greydale was a Section 8 rental we renovated and managed for six years, then renovated again for buyers and sold. A flip's return depends on the entry price, renovation cost control, and how fast the house sells, so we only show numbers we can back up.

Fix & Flip · Sold
19.2%
Investor Return
19xxx Stansbury, Detroit
Bought, renovated, and sold
"A $35,000 house, renovated and sold for $134,000."
The investor funded the project for half the profit. We sourced it, brokered it, renovated it in-house, and sold it. Every number, fees included.
Total Investment
$87,237
Sale Price
$134,000
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Section 8 Rental, then Flip · Sold
166.4%
Total ROI
20xxx Greydale, Detroit
Rented 2019 – 2025 · sold Feb 2026
"A $27,500 Section 8 rental, then a $159,800 sale."
A consulting client bought it, made it rent-ready for $13,000, and we managed a Section 8 tenancy for six years. Then a $40,000 renovation and a sale.
Total Invested
$80,500
Rent Collected
$68,300
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Fix & Flip · Sold
$95,000
Sale Price
14xxx Prairie, Detroit
Bought, renovated, and sold
"A Detroit bungalow, renovated and sold for $95,000."
New kitchen, floors, a finished upstairs bedroom, and a porch buyers notice from the street. Photos and renovation scope.
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Your capital. Our market. The same playbook.

Great Lakes PMG helps investors acquire, renovate, and manage cash-flowing Detroit rentals, start to finish. 800+ real-estate deals over 20 years.

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