@Mattin Hosh first, most cities in Metro Detroit have some type of rental property inspection every 2-3 years.It's not really a big deal 99% of the time - especially for owners who are NOT slumlords:)Also, a quick Google search will show that several states/cities are passing/considering similar legislation.One of the biggest mistakes we see newer investors making is NOT properly understanding Neighborhood/Property/Tenant Classes and naively assuming that any rental they buy will deliver Class A results.Read our copy & paste thoughts below and DM us if you'd like to dicuss more about the Detroit market:)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

Search them online and check out their websites.Meetups.

I’ve also worked for a few investors, focusing on organizing maintenance, handling tenant relationships, and coordinating upgrades.Now, I’m venturing out on my own.

Go to Meetup.com and type "real estate" or "Apartment Investing" or other search terms for your area.  

(d) If you strike out on landing any on-market deals, you can search for off-market deals.

Jessica, we do have thousands of organic likes on Facebook and have been in business since 2007, please Google us, we are no allowed to ad links nor phone numbers on here. 

After searching more, I found a few BP post where people seemed to have one account for all deposits, and keep only deposits in there.

I suggest you enter private money goldmine in search botton at top right of the screen and read the previous posts....here is one that gives good perspective as well as a link to legitimate private lenders.http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/topics/1488...

I've been searching for threads/experience purchasing via DSCR (using HELOC as down payment + rehab) and then cash out-refi at 6mo & pay off HELOC...am I missing something?  

We are organized and active and that would be our best case scenario.