We have saw some of the least amount of impact relative to the rest of the country in 2020 and 2008 just because the demand is so high here.

@Leslie Beia As @Travis Biziorek stated, flipping in Detroit is a bit different then many other areas of the country - but, that means there's plenty of opportunitues!

These are the values the country was founded upon.

Legally, it's mostly like renting by the room so there are no extra hoops to jump through in 90% of the country.

I agree there may be times to lower the rent, but in my cities, county and generally state I have found that to be rare   Other parts of the country have different economic, real estate and supply & demand situations.Ultimately it is the market, laws & condition that determine what rent is appropriate and what the community will accept. 

RENT CONTROL - Every area of the country with rent control has problems with affordable housing for a variety of reasons. 

Millions of cash tenants in Detroit and every other state in the country are hiding behind the Moratorium curtain and haven’t been paying rent for the past 6 months.

I believe builders and landlords do the country a service. 

If you do end up going the regular rental route and want to self manage, check out evict.com which is one of the premier landlord/tenant attornies in the country.

This is common with renters coming in from out of the country or renters who refuse to share their SSN.I double checked on SmartMove if you can run a report on an applicant without a SSN and it says, "At this time, SmartMove only has the ability to process an application for renters who have a valid U.S.