What's the risk or cost to you if you face an eviction or a bad tenant because you used basic screening techniques? 

A real basic guess is 30 houses each cashflowing $1,000/month.In Metro Detroit, this means $1500+ in rent, with the difference convering taxes, insurance, maintenance and vacancy - NO MORTGAGE!

I would like to think it is worth it, and that I could run a business model that serves fewer customers really well rather than deliver basic services at scale.  

We follow a similar model as @Bill B. and with similar results, except our properties are from the 60s, so we gut them and rehab from the studs up, basically resetting the clock. 

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

The upgrade basically put a target on my back with the fire marshall as he came by to inspect the work and found that there were a few compliance issues.

You provide an excel sheet with basic information about the companies and they return all the contact info you could want for about $0.15 per lead.I have not been able to find an equivalent for Canada.

Keep your equities levered at 20%(half high vol, 1/4 low vol, 1/4 basic indices) and keep your phys/hard assets levered at 40%.

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.