Detroit edition · Updated monthly
Every investor buying 7 or more Detroit houses — who they are, what they pay, how fast they flip, what they hold as rentals, and who to call. Built from recorded deeds, building permits, rental registrations, and state entity filings. Not MLS data: the cash, wholesale, and off-market deals the MLS never sees.
Five public-record sources joined at the parcel level, refreshed every month.
Flipper, wholesaler, landlord, or accumulator — inferred from resale speed, permits pulled after purchase, and rental registrations filed. A 37-day median hold with zero permits tells you exactly who you're dealing with.
Buy price, resale price, hold time, and gross margin for every completed flip — 1,489 of them tracked across the current index.
Resident agent names and registered office addresses from Michigan entity filings for 83 of 97 buyers — plus rollups that connect sibling LLCs run by the same operator.
Each edition flags new entrants, buyers going quiet, and operators who just sold down their book — the moves worth acting on.
Ranked by houses purchased in the last 24 months. Subscribers get all 97 profiles, twelve data columns, and the full spreadsheet export.
| # | Buyer | Strategy | Buys 24 mo | Median buy | Flips & holds | Rentals | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Ford Real Estate Ventures LLC | Accumulator | 101 | $42,750 | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 |
| 2 | VFMT Realty Investment Group LLC | Landlord | 82 | $37,500 | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 |
| 3 | Grove Owner I LLC | Landlord | 65 | $40,250 | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 |
| 4 | American Heritage Real Estate LLC | Quick-turn / wholesale | 53 | $41,250 | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 |
| 5 | We Design & Build LLC | Mixed | 42 | $44,500 | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 |
| 6 | Benvest LLC | Landlord | 38 | $40,000 | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 |
| 7 | JHJ Investment Properties LLC | Flipper | 36 | $72,000 | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 |
| 8 | Home Plus Group LLC | Landlord | 33 | $115,000 | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 |
| 9 | Motor City Rehab LLC | Landlord | 30 | $48,500 | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 |
| 10 | Blackridge Capital LLC | Accumulator | 25 | $75,000 | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 |
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Sources. City of Detroit Assessor recorded transfers (2011–present), BSEED building permits and rental registrations joined by parcel, and Michigan LARA entity filings. Only arm's-length transfers count toward rankings; Land Bank, municipal, bank, and family conveyances are excluded, and portfolio deals are priced correctly rather than double-counted.
"Cash buyer." The index profiles high-volume investor purchasers. Financing method is not verifiable from deed records; the term is used in the industry sense — investors who close without retail financing contingencies.
Recording lag. County transfers backfill for up to a year, so recent figures are conservative: these buyers are at least this active, never less.