They tend to get people to attend their seminars that have no understanding of RE Investing and think that they have to "pay to play".  

Your property manager will play a key role in this team, helping you maximize occupancy, maintain the property, and ensure tenant satisfaction.

Not sure if you’re closer to Randolph, Lackland or Ft Sam Houston but this also plays into account on what rental amount you should look to achieve.

Detroit is literally one of the, if not THE, best markets you could be playing in today.

You can only play games for so long.Chances are your next door neighbor is an IRS agent and turns you in when your tenants blocks their drive or some other random event disturbing your IRS neighbor.ADU catches fire and your insurance won't cover you, because it was an illegal and unpermitted structure.The city inspector told the last guy not to build or rent it, and is now pissed and wants to make an example of you and just red tags the whole property and no one can occupy for the next 1-2-3 years while you wait for a hearing.Then when you get the hearing, "staff" recommends you tear the whole structure down, and if you still want an ADU, you can apply for a permit and rebuild it.Your tenant quits paying rent and won't move out and you can't evict them, because there is no valid lease and they're just your "roommate".Probably a dozen other bad things can happen to you when you do stuff like this. 

The problem comes into play when those milestones are not good indicators of one’s progress towards a goal.

Maybe talk to the city and see what the process is.Now of course you don't know how things are going to play out.

There are so many plays to run in this game I don't have time to type them all. 

If you can network and find local players (FB groups, meetups) that could help speed it up

That is the difference.The convertible equity play is just garbage.