AvatarEmily DiNotoWhy I Bought A House In Detroit For $500BuzzFeed - Drew PhilpAfter college, as my friends left Michigan for better opportunities, I was determined to help fix this broken, chaotic city by building my own home in the middle of it. I was 23 years old. My first job out of college was working for a construction company in Detroit. “We're an all-black company and I …