Regular Inspections: Conduct frequent site visits to monitor progress and ensure quality standards are met.

Aside from the risk of taking on the property with tenants, you may also have to purchase site unseen which makes it tough to calculate repair costs. 

Another thing is, the sites that list the manufacture year showed that all the ones I was looking at were built in the 70s.

Search for this in a Michigan Public Notice legal newspaper or an online legal notice aggregator site like USALEGALNOTICES and the fount of MI pre FC/FC data will be available to you.

A good way to find deals is by connecting with local real estate agents, wholesalers, or checking out sites like Facebook groups and Craigslist.

We had a few hiccups with the timing of contractors on site and it lead to a 4 to 6 week delay.

I'll keep you in mind for the work mentioned on your site.

Taking my money and not allowing me access to use your site. 

A lot of that is referral based or people find my site online, organically. 

They cannot arbitrarily make wild gambles because they feel like it - they have to operate within established risk parameters that are approved by several regulatory bodies and internal controls.