If you ever want to invest in MI let me know - I get nothing for it but I do run the Michigan Real Estate Investors group and connect with you with legit people and areas - I tend to hear the dirt and good stuff on investors, areas, Pms, contractors, etc..... feel free to reach out if you end up wanting to know more about Detroit or Pontiac/ etc investing 

It seems very appealing to me since healthcare professionals make a decent living and tend to be great people.

Since we are the first and the front runner by volume, we tend to experience the wave first before it ripples throughout the industry. 

If you don't have a well aligned lock they tend to try to relock and when the deadbolt doesn't engage that drains the battery.

Sounds like you are doing it right - same thing we tend to buy, the ugly stuff. 

Do you have access to off market deals that an investor friendly realtors tend to have? 

@Alex Borczyk - just as an fyi - for passive multi-family investing, I've found in general the minimums tend to be around $50K (at least for the handful of reputable syndicators I've looked at investing with).

I tend to see more short-term rentals in the trendy downtown areas.

I tend to suggest Rotomolded, they're more durable and less expensive, without all the fancy jets and colors.

They tend to keep things in house and are have a bit more freedom to do want they want in these types of situations.