Need to watch out for utilities like water meter, electrical, gas, and sewer.

Detroit provides the opportunity to buy low, collect solid income as you watch your investment grow in value every day. 

Nobody watches your money like you do, you'll learn how to manage, so you can manage a manager later and you'll save precious early-years cash flow, which allows you to scale faster, especially in the first 5 years.

Watching said plan unfold is just incredible.How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

I think this site may be geared a bit more toward the avid investor, rather that the weekend warrior type of investors with regular, RE carriersOn the other hand, for myself, watching the RE market is enjoyable for me.I have always attended open houses just to be nosey or nerdy, whichever you prefer. 

I loved watching them play

The #1 determinant is the Tenant Pool.If you don't believe us, try putting several Class D tenants in Class A apartment buildings and watch what happens.

The latest example, we had a set out (Sheriff watches over as old tenant's stuff is removed from the property) on Dec 13th. 

They have most likely the same character of the people who enjoyably watched innocent African Americans hung and burned in town square, making them feel joyful. 

Just shop around online, look for properties similar to yours, add them to favorites and watch them to see how long it takes for them to rent.