Quote from @Matthew Irish-Jones: Quote from @Mike Hern: Quote from @Matthew Irish-Jones: Quote from @Mike Hern: Quote from @Warner Alexander: I’ve been a real estate investor for a little under a year and I’m strongly considering becoming a real estate agent for a full time career.

Formerly KRI Property Group, Irish based US real estate company.

Detroit is more of a city that you have to learn the culture and areas street by street.

@Matthew Irish-JonesMy plan would be just a rental as I’m not too confident in the idea of using it as an Air BNB but admittedly I know very little about that part of RE.I would prefer to start as a rental and possibly switch to an Air BNB once I get more properties or understand that world better.

You need to know the cultures involved, the income levels involved, who would be likely to rent your unit and what they would do with it and how likely they are to stay and not cause problems.There is no mathematical formula that figures that into the equation, so to speak. 

@Matthew Irish-Jones is exactly right. 

., if you know the market, the culture, the laws, etc. 

You wouldn't have a completely different culture to deal with, where there can be a very different way of dealing with landlords in their home country, which can require lots of patience while you teach them how things work in the U.S.Anyway, I think you would most likely be quite happy with the Canadian renters.  

I didn’t know much about that culture so that worried me a little, I am not gonna lie.

I'd dismissed Spanish-speaking areas because I was intimidated by the language barrier, even though I'm comfortable with the culture.