Whenever you are buying a property out of state you should do a few things to ensure it's as smooth as possible.

Our general contracting business is in a HCOL City (one of the hottest markets in the States), and we are doing better than we expected, and my partners now want to transition into real estate investing.

We're in the process of transitioning to allow our tenants to pay their rent online through Cozy.

I went to go look at a flip once in a "transitioning" neighborhood.... didn't take long for a crazy guy to come approach my realtor and explain in great length and detail how he'd burn the building down if we bought it.

I know because I've been hosting on Airbnb for almost 4 years, so I get all the insights.My listing was high occupancy (summer months), across the street from public transit, great neighborhood, private room with private bath with jetted tub, one block from the beach, and I struggled to get $10K per year.I don't want people to get the wrong impression about how much they can make only to invest money and be disappointed.

Depending on the users they can be "transitional housing" "student housing" "rooming house" "sober living" and a lot of other terms I'm sure. 

I hope everything goes smoothly with the duplex in Detroit.

However, Pasadena is full of older houses that need some modern amenities and features, like higher ceilings, smooth ceilings, new flooring, double pane windows, modern appliances, modern paint colors, etc. 

Of course you’ll want to run the numbers and make sure it works/cash flows BRRRR method seems to work more smoothly when one pays cash for the purchase and rehab.

I used Longhorn III Investments on one of my properties, went very smooth.