The mastermind investments if your pissed and want to Cause pain I would Shut them down.  

“I’ve had the opportunity to get to know AHP’s founders well and believe their ten-year history and financial stability provide the building blocks for growth.

There should be other options, however with an LLC and fourplex - yes, DSCR is by far most likely to be your best option unless you do the heavy lifting with local banks and credit unions (and these are increasingly not great options for this type of stuff as they move painfully slow and are under lots of regulations and restrictions)2) I haven't yet reached out local banks, but seeing the quotes from brokers makes me wondering if Banks may be better? 

There is a cinder block structure on it now that is basically a 1BR, 1BA shell with plumbing fixtures, but no kitchen.

I have five houses in the 48224 zip code.Like some have noted here, Detroit can be very block-by-block.

What they and we didn't know was the real issue was the line itself was mostly blocked some 30' to 40' away under the driveway.

I feel your pain.

The property has about a quarter mile of street access, and no trees or anything to block it, so I wanted to put something there to give a little privacy anyway, and then these trees obviously have to go, so I was hoping to re-use them.

@Loan NguyenAs someone who grew up in the Bay Area (just north of San Francisco), I feel your pain. 

I  started keeping an event journal to remind me of issues or unique incidents that impact the income/occupancy of each property, including maintenance block-offs.