Why Out-of-State Investors Are Quietly Building Wealth in Detroit w/ Voytek Mardula & James Lloyd

About this episode

Voytek Mardula and James Lloyd discuss how out-of-state investors are successfully building wealth in Detroit's real estate market.

Voytek Mardula and James Lloyd explain how out-of-state investors are building cash-flowing rental portfolios in Detroit with full turnkey support. In this episode of RealDealChat, Jack Hoss sits down with Voytek Mardula and James Lloyd of usproperties.ca, a fully turnkey real estate operation that has bought, renovated, and sold over 600 homes in the Detroit market over nine years. What started as their own search for cash flow in an expensive Canadian market turned into one of the most comprehensive turnkey operations serving out-of-state and international investors. They break down exactly how they source, renovate, manage, and scale properties for their clients, including a growing short-term rental division that is outperforming expectations with AI-powered pricing. Key topics covered: Why Detroit is still one of the most undervalued real estate markets in the country How Voytek and James identify B and B-plus neighborhoods with double-digit appreciation potential Why they focus exclusively on single-family homes over multifamily and what they learned the hard way The Section 8 strategy that held strong through COVID and recessionary periods How their short-term rental…

People in this episode

Host: Jack Hoss

Guests: Voytek Mardula, James Lloyd

Topics covered

• out-of-state investing
• turnkey real estate
• cash-flowing rental portfolios
• short-term rentals
• real estate strategies
• property management

Keywords

• Detroit real estate
• turnkey support
• cash flow
• AI pricing
• BRRRR strategy
• DSCR lending
• single-family homes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: usproperties.ca

Places: Detroit, Canada

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