Are you looking for multifamily or single family home?

They’ll have a strong network and be more in tune with the opportunities available in the rental market, whether you're interested in single-family homes or multi-unit buildings.If you're focusing on single-family homes, try to keep them within the same area.

Detroit also has a population nearly 2x that of Cleveland.Meanwhile, the median price of a home in Detroit is ~$95k while Cleveland is ~$160k.

What has worked for me is duplexes and single family homes. 

If you add unit to your home, your home likely became rent controlled.  

Purchase price: $169,000 Cash invested: $35,000 Looking to put 70K into the separate garage to make a 730Sqft home.

Quote from @Casey Wilson: Hi there, I was wondering if any Detroit-metro experts from the PB community could offer advice on what areas in the Detroit-metro area might be worth exploring for rental properties (ranging from single family homes to 5+ unit apartment complexes).

For the last 4 years in AZ, I have been a home inspector.

There are always ways to increase the value of most homes, but that is also a crap shoot.

A little history on my investment real estate journey if we can call it that….Back in 2005 my wife and I bought our very first home when we were 24/25, 3 Bed, 1 ½ bath 1500 sqft single family home for $167,000.