I currently work remotely as a Manufacturing and Quality Manager for an AI infrastructure company based out of the Bay Area. 

Based on the information that you shared, if you haven’t already done so, I recommend connecting with a local expert.

I'm based in TPA, would love to connect. 

After some observation, we decided it was just noise - no one was watching it; they were looking at their phones. 

We gave him 56k in deposits and he will not even pick up his phone or engage in a conversation.

Property values have been appreciating rapidly in recent years, and the city’s population has started growing again—a trend we haven’t seen in decades.I’m also based in California and have been investing in Detroit for several years, so I understand the concerns of out-of-state investing.

. #3: onshoring base-line manufacturing (a) creates more employment opportunities for both skilled and unskilled labor (b) creates more employment opportunities of jobs that elevate and train unskilled too skilled labor  (c) raises base-line wages and benefits via competition for unskilled labor (d) elevates the entire economic chain via more domestic circulation of $ and (e) less exporting of USD #4: stopping illegal immigration defends and protects legal immigration.

I searched for homes based on the mortgage I could afford.

Although I agree with @Nathan Gesner in part, I think he is off base in categorizing a relationship based approach to landlording as "amateur".

When I run the numbers based on these rents, the property operates at a negative cash flow.If I increase the studio's rent to $1,400 per month, the property becomes cash-flow positive.