Another one of my clients had done extensive review of the FIG opportunity several months ago, and walked away before I met him.  

Just remember real estate the last five years was an anomaly and it usually takes 5+ years of hold time before you could walk away with profits from a home - which last few years made people think that holding real estate for short periods is profitable - historically it’s not

a) Depends on above, but Detroit fits all the criteriab) Work with agents at a PMC that know investment real estate (we can handle)c) Work with a PMC that does renovations (we do)To succeed at the above, you probably want to work with a PMC that is fully transparent and supplies videos for property walk-thrus and renovation progress.

So, a PMC inspection is really just a walk-thru evaluation, looking for obvious issues.

You can make much more money selling it and investing elsewhere, but if that doesn't align with your goals, you know what you are walking into. 

I have heard of that but didn't know what it was called and what to ask for when walking into a Title company.Do some title companies not let non-agents get those lists?

Schedule a job walk at the project site with your architect present, at a predetermined time and date. 

Would love to hear what everyone thinks and am curious to hear everyone's thoughts on the deal - Would be happy to walk anyone interested through it more.

Its easier to walk away from a problem when you have $1000 into it vs $150,0002.

Schedule a time to visit the rental and do a walk-through to ensure it is safe (no running water, temp adjusted, trash hauled out, etc.) and secure.