That said, Detroit is very much a block-by-block market, so understanding the dynamics of specific areas is critical.For professional investors (and even newer ones), Detroit’s future is bright if you approach it with the right strategy, solid due diligence, and an understanding of the challenges.

It's sad people lie, and it is even worse when it is a fellow veteran.

Do you know if I am able to get a HELOC on the property even though it's under an LLC?  

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Jace,Just starting the learning process and don't know even know what I don't know. 

I wanted to use the camera footage as evidence in a civil case against the tenant.I was initially told that it would take 2 weeks to get the footage to me, then that blew out to several months, and now finally 6 months later they finally get back to me and tell me the footage doesn't exist, even though the initial report said cameras were activated.That footage would have shown that the tenant was making threats to damage my property (which she made good on).Do I have any recourse on the police for failing to provide the footage on a timely basis?

Trust me; you don't want to miss those crucial dates and risk losing money or even blowing the whole deal.

., It might be even more complicated than you think. 

And you do not need a penny to start REI - many people's first investment came to fruition because of friends, family, or even partners.

My wife thinks we used not even 5.