one of my clients that has a pretty big PM company.. had a unique way of doing this.He offered 50% of the first months rent or 500.00 minimum.. he would have 4 or 5 agents at the weekly meeting handout the list of vacants .. each of them would go place a sign in the yard and first come first served.. he found that potential tenants would call the first sign if no answer they called the next one until finally someone answered.. it worked pretty awesome for him. 

If they do, your best bet is a local community bank that funds these types of properties.Another option is a private lender but that money will be pretty expensive, as mentioned 10%  + 

First when I wanted to create a fund to buy court house steps..

The Tenant Class greatly impacts rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.Both Property Classand Tenant Class affect what type of contractors, handymen and property management companies will work on a property.If you buy & renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what Tenant Class will rent it?

I ended up having to get a state fund work comp policy for $5000 which I think is the minimum amount regardless of scope.

Would you hire a property management company?)

Anyone have any experiencing getting the city/utlities company to add separate meters?  

I'm not factoring this in right now, going based on the numbers I see.Definitely able to put down additional funds to be creative with a lender, at the numbers you are thinking. 

Also find some funding and some friends that can help catapult me to where I am trying to go.Welcome back Jerome!

Please stop asking us for "the best" zip codes to invest in.Detroit has around 183 Residential Neighborhoods - wouldn't it be nice if "some proprety mangagement company" Classified them all as A, B, C, or D on an interactive map that real estate investors could use to make better decisions?