I personally would not invest in detroit as historically its not a appreciating market and for cash flow and I invest primarily for appreciation - I go off the location location location mantra. 

I was thinking if I can talk to my neighbor about sharing the cost (I, the landlord, personally provide labor and my neighbor provide material (e.g. fence pickets)).

Hello. I just put my house for rent but I’m not sure where to do background check and what exactly look for when doing them. Can you please share what you use it would be great. Thank you. 

In addition, you want a separate bank account for the rental property to separate it from your personal accounts.

Highly suggest coming out to some of the local chicago IN-PERSON meetups! 

I spent many years managing myself and personally collecting rent checks. 

Private money and personal funds.

The flippers we personally work with in California have not run into this issue (as far as I'm aware).

In high-cost markets like Chicago, that can be tough to meet.If you're looking at a duplex, the self-sufficiency test doesn’t apply, so you’d just need to qualify based on your personal income and the rental income your lender allows.If your current lender isn’t familiar with making FHA work in your situation, it might be worth getting a second opinion from someone experienced with FHA multi-unit financing.

Any recommendations on Houston REI groups that meet in person or virtually?