Let me know if you have any advice for organizing expenses and projects to stay up to date on the health of the property. 

They are rarely reported accurately by realtors on the MLS when transactions close to begin with and I don't believe anything other than the contract sale prices are utilized although an official study on this would be very interesting albeit a painstaking process to undertake. 

Under this idea, you'd need to see if the Health dept has any restrictions for your septic system (which i assume you have) and if the power company would meter the 2nd unit separately. 

Does AHP have to officially give out a statement that says our investment is worth 0 or by them going silent and not being able to be contacted does that count as a lost investment?

If there were other issues though, be aware that they could choose to enforce this minimum at any timeMore recently, the city has created a rental database with contact information of all active rentals in the city that law enforcement and city officials have access to.

My questions in my post are solid, my info about Cleveland is accurate based on Cleveland neighborhood grades and Cleveland health systems, and my property values are fact. 

But the other side of the coin your expenses go way up when your employer is now not paying you any bene's and you have to pay all your own health retirement self employment tax AMT tax etc etc. trying to do this with max leverage is going to be a long slog to replace a 150 to 200k a year job with bene's.

The rent-to-price ratios here make cash flow realistic, and there’s a lot of revitalization happening that adds appreciation potential.Detroit’s population is officially growing again, and there’s strong rental demand, especially in neighborhoods seeing more development.

Chicago is a tenant friendly city and it takes months of court dates to get them officially evicted.

Now I am officially in their database.