From a quick google search it seems there is a very usful website for tenants/landlords in your area http://www.michigantenants.org/resourceliband here is the evication timeline http://www.law.msu.edu/clinics/rhc/publications/Ev...I hope this helps.Good luck.Lior

I am leaning toward finding a low-price (but decent) local property in an acceptable neighborhood and getting some learning done without a huge financial commitment, and as a trial balloon to see if I am going to be any good at real estate / land lording and if it suits me.

Hi @Melissa Charles ,I did the 30 day trial and found FreedomSoft to be a good CRM and pretty easy to use.  

I have done a trial membership on property radar and found it to be helpful, but I was wondering how reliable people think their title and lien info is.  

I tried without success to get a free trial account to see if it will work in my area.

I’m sure there are indeed situations were it makes sense.This was not one of them.Ah, the trials and tribulations of not having BP…I ended up purchasing a 4 bed, 2.5 bath SFR with one of the bedrooms converted to a loft-like open room concept.It looked awesome!

I'm thinking maybe it would be better to do a trial run of a town first by renting in the area I want to invest in to get a taste of what neighborhoods are the best and how the local market is in general.

Lowes and Home Depot offer free how to clinics.

I have run trial properties through 3 of them and I am currently beginning my trial on 2 more this week.However, while my usage in a trial is important, it can't replace the experience that I am sure some folks may have on their favorite software package.

Was that a trial run that was abandoned?