Its favorable location in Detroit and demand for local housing presented a straightforward profit path, allowing us to quickly flip and earn, making it a strong choice for Partner Driven and Rod King.

So, real estate agents may do it part-time, but rarely do they do it well.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Yes I invest in midterm/short term rentals myself in SA and I help many investors in my network and on bigger pockets find rentals here in San Antonio/New Braunfels.you can read some of my references and testimonials on my profile or google page 

Knowing the good and bad would be much appreciated.Hey Jonathan, are you referring to East Cleveland as in the city?

If you do, do you refer to this as a pet deposit, or as an additional deposit?

That's NOT a viable plan (for reference, see years 2007-2011).If you can't hold it profitably, sell it fast and move on!

If you DM me, I can refer you to who our community uses.

For example, a few years back, I was working with an investor who wanted to break into the Phoenix market - a solid choice, by the way, because of the rental yields—and we ended up uncovering an off-market duplex that wasn't even on her radar.

I use those as a guide and reference for tenants.That said, I do have some tenants below market rate. 

Lately, we've had a great deal of luck with one particular university referring us to visiting professors who are often from overseas and in to teach for a semester.