http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/I-am-looking-to-do-some-investing-in-real-estate-in-Grand-Rapids-Michigan-area-using-Land-contracts/179190/ Zillow Advice | Zillow Real Estate http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/I-am-looking-to-do-some-investing-in-real-estate-in-Grand-Rapids-Michigan-area-using-Land-contracts/179190/ does 'due on sale' mean anything to you? Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:14:00 GMT http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/I-am-looking-to-do-some-investing-in-real-estate-in-Grand-Rapids-Michigan-area-using-Land-contracts/179190/ 2009-07-07T21:14:00Z http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/I-am-looking-to-do-some-investing-in-real-estate-in-Grand-Rapids-Michigan-area-using-Land-contracts/179190/ 1.&nbsp; Are you looking to buy houses and sell them on land contract?<br/><br/>2.&nbsp; or are you looking to purchase homes on land contract? <br/><br/>Most land contracts require a firm down payment to show the home owner you are serious about buying. &nbsp; <br/><br/>If you are looking to buy homes and sell them on land contract, then the best way is to search for foreclosures in Grand Rapids.&nbsp; Try to get an investment team together in which you can pool your resources together to buy and fix up properties.&nbsp; <br/><br/>Here is a website in which you can search Foreclosures by school districts.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.grForeclosures.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.grForeclosures.com</a><br/><br/><img imagetype="8" uploadtype="new" imageid="X1-IA1109xsro02qhd_bgz2r" src="http://images3.zillow.com/is/image/i0/i0/i6037/IS1109xsrnyo61v.jpg?op_sharpen=1&amp;qlt=90&amp;size=250,300"/><br/><br/> Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:19:00 GMT http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/I-am-looking-to-do-some-investing-in-real-estate-in-Grand-Rapids-Michigan-area-using-Land-contracts/179190/ 2008-12-30T22:19:00Z http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/I-am-looking-to-do-some-investing-in-real-estate-in-Grand-Rapids-Michigan-area-using-Land-contracts/179190/ Most land contracts involve a pretty big portion of money down.&nbsp; I guess I am confused as to what your objectives are.&nbsp; Do you want to get into a land contract, fix it up and then sell it or are you think of renting the properties out?<br/><br/><a href="http://www.liveinwestmi.com/" rel="nofollow">www.LiveInWestMi.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.grandrapids-westmihomesblog.com/" rel="nofollow">www.GrandRapids-WestMiHomesBlog.com</a> Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:22:00 GMT http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/I-am-looking-to-do-some-investing-in-real-estate-in-Grand-Rapids-Michigan-area-using-Land-contracts/179190/ 2008-12-30T00:22:00Z