I really like that Stessa and Baselane offer high earning interest accounts and physical debit cards and sounds like Stessa offers checks.

There's no law of physics or finance that says housing has to be affordable.

Tax benefits, use of leverage, and a physical asset that you can see and touch.

I presume your intention is to be an active investor who owns physical real estate and not someone who invests passively.

I am not based in Detroit and can not physically go the office.

But, it's quite a commodity!

You can visit the property, contractors, etc where as Detroit will either involve longer travel or trusting someone on the ground when you arent physically there.

If not, take this moment to adjust, including in case of divorce, mental/physical health, etc. 

@Dona CardenasI personally think actually owning physical real estate is the best way to go especially using leverage.  

But the investing for cash flow logic was only around for two reasons to put together at 20-25% down-- as it now is, and always will be a function of debt in the deal1) Centurial---not generational--but centurial issue with physical real estate asset prices.2) America's desperate attempt to re-ignite inflation with historically, and also possibly centurial if at minimum generational, policy on fed funds rates.Those two made physical RE have intrinsic properties from 2010-2017. 2-3 years prior and after that it will be less intrinsic but still resemble it, as it fades.People need to stop thinking this is the norm, this is the outlier.