Posting this duplex that I found here in the heart of Eastern Michigan, I've been frequently trying to run numbers on duplexes and investment property listings as an up and coming agent and investor to try and gain whether a deal is good or bad.

If the water would have came back bad we were prepared to replace the pipe but was told this repair would be around $8K. 

They will give you the run around for days, and tell you everything is okay only to give you the bad news 30 days in.., Honesty is the most important aspect in mortgage lending. 

.), spending time with my family, and always continuing to better myself whether that be reading books, being outdoors and exercising, networking, and/or sharpening my skills for my trade.I started my real estate journey in 2021 after a software business I was a partner in had a bad partnership breakup that saw me lose everything (financially). 

That means that if you are a landlord of lower end rental you will be accepting that applicant with felony convictions, bad credit, and evictions!

If it's a bad location, then I wouldn't do it. 

I thought it would be funny to cite his book and then do an outrageously bad job of asking. 

But I'm not sure what would bring rents or housing prices down significantly other than the usual - a big bad recession. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

I do want to thank everyone thus far on this journey the good and the bad feedback is the direct reason on my success so far and I plan to be great.