2) I bet you could draw that same or even more extreme graph for new car prices.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.DM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

They just cost me a deal, and they are extremely unprofessional and unorganized, I'm not sure. how they are in business.

And for rental houses. this is not common and absolutely  crazy to do a deposit over maybe 5k or 10k..

We are extremely unhappy with our property management company.

One possibility is building a duplex in Peoria, while it's not the best rental market, getting a duplex at a possibly much cheaper price than market value is extremely appealing.

My dream is to achieve financial freedom through multifamily rental properties and live life on my own terms.Recently, I have been reading one book after another, trying to absorb as much information as possible, and am extremely thankful to finally find this amazing community.

Whereas if you and the other investors held ownership as TICs (Tenants in common) then you could sell your portion and do a 1031 of your portion while others did something else. 

It is common for investors to bring in additional signers, often referred to as credit enhancement.

Once you are in the portfolio, the likelihood the DSTs would all sell at the same time in 7-10 years approximately is extremely unlikely.