There are several good markets in Michigan for this.Also recommend using a property manager to keep your investment as passive as possible and for compliance purposes with Fair Housing Law and local regulations.To Your Success!

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

Would you recommend the power dialer on podio?

Hopefully, you find it helpful and qualifies us to assist you with your goals:)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

I would recommend that you analyze the operating side of the business and the capital side of the business separately.On the operating side, you can use AirDNA to predict the potential income which is gross revenue.

Our home LLC in ND but it only costs about $100 and a foreign LLC is all our CPA recommended we do.  

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I would not recommend RESimpli to anyone else.

If not, I do not recommend sheriff sales as a first attempt.

If you don't care about making money as a rental, that is my recommendation.