Monthly Archives: March 2009

Why Did We Create Renegade Detroit Investors?

By Drew Sygit | Published: March 31, 2009
Someone asked me this question the other day and we started talking about it and the conversation went in a direction I didn’t anticipate. We put a lot of time and effort in to RDI and it’s pretty much a “nonprofit” enterprise. What do we get out of it then, if it’s not money? We [...]
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Greatest Redistribution of Wealth EVER. Get Yours!

By Jeremy Burgess | Published: March 26, 2009
Recently I have been thinking a lot about the saying, “May you live in interesting times.” If NOW doesn’t qualify, I’m not sure what does! Of late I have been reading almost obsessively on The First Great Depression to find as many parallels between then and now. I have been shocked about what I have [...]
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Providing Value for Customers in Metro-Detroit

By Jared Pomranky | Published: March 13, 2009
You need to provide value to those that you're working with otherwise you will not succeed. This seems so simple yet so many people disregard it. How are you providing value to your customer? If you don't have a clear answer for that question, you better figure it out. Customers are getting even pickier now and are buying even less. What makes you stand out from the competition. In the hey day of spending and consumption, you didn't have to watch out for your customer as much as you do now. You had a product, people were probably going to buy it because everyone was buying. You could be rude, you could not really innovate and you could still succeed on some level. Those days are over my friend. Today you better be able to explain to your customer why they should work with you or why they should buy your product.
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Busting Blight for Profit & Fame

By Drew Sygit | Published: March 3, 2009
Is it possible to make money off real estate while being socially responsible?
We all know about the housing crisis and what it’s doing to home values in Metro Detroit. As a result, the number of vacant foreclosed properties is growing and blight is spreading. Traditional blue collar areas have been hit especially hard as manufacturing jobs decline. Drive down any street in one of the cities that border Detroit and you’ll see vacant properties in disrepair.
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