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<video:title><![CDATA[A Radical Plan to Save Detroit and Restoring the Rust Belt | Rodney Lockwood]]></video:title>
<video:description><![CDATA[Detroit has become the poster child of American decline and for good reason: No city in what is now known as the Rust Belt experienced such soaring highs and such abysmal lows.

In the 1950s, Detroit was the wealthiest city in America. By 2014, just one year after the city declared bankruptcy, Detroit was considered the poorest city in America.

Detroit is starting to show signs of comeback by courting large investments from some of the companies who brought Detroit to its zenith, such as the Ford Motor Company, and balancing the city&rsquo;s checkbook. But plenty of problems persist, and the whiplash has left policymakers and every day Americans asking what happened, and what is the way back for cities like Detroit.

Rodney Lockwood is a member of the Board of Directors of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy with a business background in real estate. Lockwood joins &ldquo;The Signal Sitdown&rdquo; this week to help unpack Detroit&rsquo;s collapse, the beginnings of its recovery, and share his bold plan to revitalize a forgotten part of the city.

&ldquo;I think Detroit is probably the most prime example,&rdquo; of the Rust Belt&rsquo;s collapse, Lockwood told The Daily Signal, &ldquo;because other cities have not suffered as much as Detroit.&rdquo;

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<video:title><![CDATA[Rod Lockwood talks about what it would take to create a special economic zone on Belle Isle.]]></video:title>
<video:description><![CDATA[The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute that advances the principles of free markets and limited government. Through our research and education programs, we challenge government overreach and advocate for free-market approaches to public policy that free people to realize their potential and their dreams.

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<video:title><![CDATA[How He Built 25,000 Units In Affordable Housing, Senior Living & Multifamily]]></video:title>
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Rod Lockwood is a second-generation real estate developer who runs Lockwood Companies &mdash; a firm that has built over 25,000 single-family homes, apartments, and senior living residences across the country. After taking over the family business in 1986, he pivoted from home sales to income properties and became a major player in affordable housing development. He&#039;s currently developing a $50 billion vision for Bell Isle in Detroit and just released his new book, &quot;Bell Isle: Detroit&#039;s Gamechanger.&quot;

Here&#039;s some of the topics we covered: 
&bull; How the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program works 
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&bull; Why expense ratio is a critical metric for assessing risk in development deals 
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&bull; How he&#039;s pitching this to congressional representatives in DC right now 
&bull; Why becoming a problem solver who thinks outside the box is the key to success

✅ About Me:
I&rsquo;m Rod Khleif, the founder and host of the Lifetime Cash Flow Through Real Estate Podcast&mdash;the largest multi-family real estate podcast in the world 🎙️.

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<video:title><![CDATA["Detroit Should Let Developers Takeover Belle Isle..." Anton Explains $50 Billion Investment In City]]></video:title>
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