I have been browsing several of the posts and I am encouraged.  

Yes, you need to interface with tenants.

Found you guys whilst digging around the reddit forums and been browsing for a couple days..

Make sure you browse the forums and blogs...there is a wealth of information in each section.

I was browsing around BP to see if it was possible to "fix and flip" and a property with tenants there; I don't know much about that area and that doesn't make sense to me. 

hey, i'e been interested in detroit no too for awhile. i dont live there but for the right investment i would be willing to go anywhere. what i saw just browsing was that the price jumps are incredible, theres certainly nothing like it anywhere in the US. houses in "downtown detroit" (not sure where entirely), often exist at around 1,000 or less. who knows what damage has been done to them. these are the kind that people from china and overseas are buying in bulk and sitting on. when i look at the supposed up and coming neighborhoods (e.g. midtown), prices are already not too different, at least at first glance, than prices anywhere else in the us. places seemed to be around 130,000 up into 300's, 400's and even millions. so, i think it goes without saying that detroit must be a very very slippery area. that being said, what are rents in detroit right now?

So this is my 1st post in the forums, I’m more like a reader than a poster if I have a question I like to use the search bar first.I have been browsing the forums for over a year now and collecting as much information as I can.

In a past life I had some interface with Turner Construction, and excellent building construction organization.

Besides her, you can find another 20 of us right here on this forum just by browsing the forum and reading answers to various questions.

So there is some safety in that.its just dealing with tenant 24/7 takes a certain personality and get big enough that you delegate it so your not actually doing the interface with the tenant.the other thing on the positive for PM  is if you do build a 500 plus door business you actually have something to sell. as its recuring revenue.. were as say your a flipper of houses .. yes you usually make more  but you have very little resale value in your flipping business other than your assets you own.