Quote from @Greg M.: I am thinking this is the play... sit back and collect the rent two weeks early from the seemingly excellent tenants. 

When I was in Michigan, we could vary the deposit based on credit worthiness.

I intend to open and operate my residential assisted living facility in MI.

It takes a lot of the headache away from me, plus when I was listing them myself (I am licensed as well), people would be able to see that I was the owner and the agent (because you have to disclose that, in MI anyway).

Im struggling try to find in Detroit MI.

For instance, here in MI we have Detroit.

Hello all, so I’m in the upper peninsula of Michigan, and we’ve had our offer accepted on a duplex!

Looking to pursue some deals in the area and would like to get in touch with an agent who is specialized and experienced in the STR space.

You can find it on meetup.Further east out in Troy, there's Michigan Real Estate Investors who meets monthly (you can find them online).

@Lisette S.Another thing- as we were looking at investments- I felt investing in these areas was much safer than investing in places like Oklahoma, Alabama, Michigan etc.