Instead spoke to my friend that I will pay commission to my realtor-friend, on 16 installments and no interest on it.

or "Could I see where you have installed these units?"

Or should I have Ring cameras installed outside.

Other small things I do besides leasing, mangement, some maintenance, are installing keypads to doors, programming gate remotes, garage remotes, doing walk throughs, doing walk through videos (15-20 mins move in/move out videos), advertising videos, take care of our website, our portal, fix the gates and cameras when they go out, just like everything you can think of.   

By installing our own, we remove the wear and tear and damage the tenants do by moving W/Ds in and out and hooking them up wrong (which is common) and using cheap components that cause leaks and destroy floors and walls.

You can use a card reader on the coin-op feature to address that, but you are into micro-issues at that point that I wouldn't want to deal with.A proposal: Tenants, installing separately metered water and electric lines that I pay for, then bill you for, will cost me $5,000 (or whatever).

Typically you can get a window egress installed for $3k-5k.Not aware of a Metro Detroit city that will allow the conversion of a SFR to 2-4 units in an R1 zoned area.- You can improve your search by only looking in R2+ zoned areas.- Will still be challenging to acquire a SFR at a low enough price to justify the cost of any conversion.Regarding Michigan property taxes, we have a one-page explanation document we'll share if you DM us. - The challenge in Detroit is that the city is "deliberately" keeping SEVs low to not scare investors away over property tax increases.

Consider adding motion-detecting floodlights and installing visible CCTV cameras around entry points to deter crime.

My neighbor did this during one those programs (had a 2 family, made into a legal 3 family by converting the basement) but, among other things, he had to install a fire suppression system in the basement, expand windows for egress/ingress purposes, and do a whole bunch of other things.

Consider an Installment Sale: By structuring the sale to receive payments over multiple years, you can spread the capital gains tax liability over time, potentially keeping you in a lower tax bracket each year.11.