Home Buyer
Guidance on buying or renting so each placement is one the household can sustain.
Detroit · Five years of completed rehabs
A proven operator, ready for the next parcel.
JRM Universal Coalition buys, rehabs, and leases blighted Detroit properties—self-funded, on schedule, and backed by a contractor and lending network already in place.
Oregon + Allendale
Complete
The work is already underway
Measured by occupied homes, not promises.
- 17
- Properties rehabbed to date
- 5 yrs
- Track record across tri-county Detroit
- 4
- Properties currently held and rented
Our Model
A rehabbed house.
A resourced household.
Every property gets more than a renovation. It gets a resource-matching plan for the household moving in—the part that helps a placement stay occupied and paying.
Financial
Budgeting and credit support that keeps rent or a mortgage payable beyond year one.
Work Keys
Workforce readiness that helps household income keep pace with housing costs.
Life Skills
A direct line to services a household needs to stay put and avoid renewed instability.
Vacant to occupied
A repeatable path to the front door.
Roughly 300 days, delivered on the timeline established for every property so far.
- 30 daysAcquireProperty secured, title clear
- 30 daysPlanScope, budget, contractor lined up
- 180 daysRehabFull property renovation
- 60 daysLease upOccupied, income-producing
What We Look For
How we evaluate the next parcel.
The criteria that made Oregon and Allendale a good bet are the same ones brought to the next site: proximity, visible impact, and a practical path to delivery.
Discuss a potential siteCommunity anchors nearby
Schools, transit, commercial corridors, and other places residents rely on every day.
Concentrated blight
A location where one careful rehab creates a meaningful block-level before and after.
Investment that compounds
Proximity to funded revitalization so public and private investment reinforce each other.
Delivery network
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Contractors · buyer-side lending · project banking
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Have a parcel, program, or partnership in mind?
Whether you represent a land bank, lender, or city program, start with a practical conversation about the model, the numbers, and how the last project performed.
Email Jason McCree