Leverage has immense power, but it's power is blind, everything is about how it's wielded.

So for instance lets say I rent the house out to 1 person who is currently working as a contractor at GM and is a South African immigrant would that be an issue?

But HUD has stated that because those with criminal records are dis-proportionally African Americans, to reject someone based on having criminal records alone is a problem.  

Not sure where you are at in your journey or what subjects you want to learn more on but: Rich Dad Poor Dad, Tax-Free Wealth, Profit First, Landlording on Autopilot, Multi-family Millionaire were all ones that were available at my library and have helped immensely. 

@Max Biggar I've partnered with family, and enjoyed it immensely, and now I also partner with various people around the country.

The problem with flipping to a retail buyer is well immense.

Also, it helps immensely if your lender can fully underwrite you, so you can waive a financing contingency and have a shorter escrow.

Dedicating more time to my family and volunteer firefighting are my biggest whys and have helped immensely in keeping me dedicated to real estate investing.

I have just sent you a DM with my email.I would be immensely grateful if you could forward me the paperwork for assignment/purchase(s) as all I have been able to find online have an exclusion clause, preventing the assignment of the contract, which is of course exactly the opposite of what I need from the agreement.

Detroit's; 2X the size @ 700k pop, +80% African American, 10% white non-hispanic, single industry automotive focused, for a start.Cleveland's; 300k population, 50% African American, 40% white non-hispanic, and carries health care, insurance, manufacturing (Probably 70% non-auto), and financial sector jobs.