We are okay investing in markets like Detroit, where capital is scarce, as it typically is an indicator of value.We are willing to trade liquidity (equity) for yield (cash flow), when the opportunity cost is right.We utilize our competitive advantages to invest where others are reluctant to go, limiting our competition and increasing the opportunities available to us.Despite the perception that most people have of investing in Detroit, the biggest challenge we have had to overcome in our Detroit rental business is the lack of financing options available for affordable housing in Detroit.

The average investor’s perception of risk is backwards.

So to be effective, a DMM campaign has to be constantly evaluating, adapting and evolving with societal changes.

The municipality typically can't/won't enforce them and unless the "neighbors" actually took you to court to get you to cease their perception of prohibited activity, nothing will happen.

If the surrounding perception is that the house is haunted I wouldn't touch it now.

But bigotry does not make negative perceptions any less of a handicap in this world.And how bad is the dropout stereotype going to be in 2030, when our OP here is in his late 20s?

IE a JV deal.. and they take title in the name of that LLC.the benefit to them is if you fail according to the operating agreement in the LLC they can just eject you from the LLC and not have to foreclose.. now in principal i personally see nothing wrong with that set up as a lender. but its not the perception that most that reply to their no money down lending program are aware of .. and or since most are beginners it could be a little overwhelming or complicated for the borrower to fully comprehend.. with a borrower just thinking hey if it closes great were do i sign.

I know there are bad agents, so find a GOOD one and change your perception. 

Suggestions were mostly for perception purposes.  

What she did say was that a mandatory rental inspection program On rental properties was a violation of both the Landlord and tenants Right to due process under the fourth amendment and, could not be done Unless The city obtained a warrant.Even acknowledging the Compelling interest that the city has and societal benefit, it could not override the landlords fourth amendment rights The ruling, still let the city conduct an inspection, but in order to have such a broad program where they inspected every property and every landlord, it would create such an administrative burden for the city in order to comply with the court order, that The ruling affectively made it impossible to have such a program.Applying the ruling to Your proposal of mandatory inspections on lease renewal, that proposal would likely fail and due process grounds as well.Where inspection programs typically would be upheld, is if the inspection process is tailored in such a way to inspect  properties that have previously been identified 2/have housing violations or nuisance properties.