I of course want the dream of passive income and simply taking care of my properties etc. 

For showings, I simply scheduled in the evening or weekends.

My A class that I own I self manage I have a RE agent that puts them up they find a tenant I require 700 plus fico so that weeds out 90% of renters and then I set them up on auto pay and if they have an issue we send handyman.. to be fair my units are basically new construction and townhouses in HOA's in the Desert ( vegas) so there simply is not a lot of maintenance. there is A class in every city its just that investors get so focused on  positive cash flow they dont buy those for rental purposes so they miss out on the best rental tenants.. the higher the cash flow on paper the lower the quality of the units.. its a fact..

Almost all their competitors simply charge a $1/month/ per unit fee as you grow your portfolio, and I think that approach, still capped at $80/month, would be much better than these big steps. 

There used to be one, but normally people post questions in the larger groups and simply add the location (usually Canada or the province) to the heading.

I simply am providing you with actual data and common sense so you can learn and start guiding others on the right path.

Why don't the banks simply charge a higher interest rate to secure the business and cover themselves?

My father is not interested in keeping the properties in his name and simply having us manage them, but is open to the concept of us owner financing them from him with a long term, friendly agreement. 

They also act like the ARV is the same as what a property would fetch on the open market.This simply isn't the case in markets like Detroit.

Here's why this happens:The ARR is simply the average of the annual returns, without considering the actual capital invested or how much money is lost or gained over time.