I spent months reading, browsing forums and meeting with other investors to prepare.

The #1 reason that landlords fail is due to failure to manage to the lease (Source: American Apartment Owners' Assn). 

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.DM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

Yes, this is "tough love", but you won't survive in this business if you let it affect you:)

The information contained in this post is not to be relied upon.

Is this connecting yet?

Additionally, you may be planning on living in this future home for some time. 

Read your mortgage paperwork for the due on sale clause. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

I am currently trying to learn as much as possible by reading books and listening to podcasts.