If you ever want to invest in MI let me know - I get nothing for it but I do run the Michigan Real Estate Investors group and connect with you with legit people and areas - I tend to hear the dirt and good stuff on investors, areas, Pms, contractors, etc..... feel free to reach out if you end up wanting to know more about Detroit or Pontiac/ etc investing  100% agreed.A good/bad property manger can make or break a good/bad property.I know of many folks making bank with crap properties in crap areas.Why?

Because they've spent the last three years telling everyone who will listen out in California and online how wonderful it is investing long distance in crap properties in Ohio.

If you are an experienced investor with good credit and if you are looking at a good deal, you do not need any of this crap!

After coming home around midnight, my apartment deadbolt decided to crap the bed.

Nice one mate,After man years in the business, I can comfortably say that no matter how good a deal or area is.Property management will make or break an investment.Even crap properties in crap areas, if PM is top notch.They can make the numbers work

Guys just think about what he is pitching for crying out loud.He craps on ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that gets you "off market leads", and then says: "see everyone is competing for off-market deals, so it is wrong". ..

And I upgrade to a decent level because apartment grade is crap, at least the beautiful SS ones in my “luxury” apartment were.

Buying MLS crap for $80,000 and than needing to put in another $5,000 - $10,000 to make it rent ready.Gotta be something in the water on the West Coast lol

And are they production builders that to provide the product at the cost they do use basically the least expensive materials possible and beat the crap out the subs pricing.so there is a fine line there you cant pay low price and expect supreme product..

Everyone likes to crap all over California real estate and laws, but CA real estate has created more millionaires out of everyday people than anything that I can think of.