Ready to soak up some good lessons from y’all and not repeat my past mistakes. 

Hey Brian, Generally, a HML org will want to see some diligence around the contractor or get some idea of past work if you're doing the work yourself.

Get your CRM up and running and keep in contact with everyone with content about the market, keeping in touch with past clients - just asking them how their house is, let them know that you were thinking of them when you drove past the house,  ask them if they made any improvements, etc.

I agree with some investors here, in Detroit you have plenty of opportunities to get decent cashflow now.Just use any Zillow like tool that sort listings by LTR cap rate, I use findvest.io they have decent vision AI filters to filter trash houses compared to mashvisor 26 doors and scalingJust make sure to copy and paste the addresses on spotcrime and don't buy in a warzone, and you should be fine.

I'd like to keep savings and be able to hire out some of the work (something we have not done in the past).My thoughts are to put both into an LLC and look for investors or a business loan, and purchase and move to a new home.

@Zach Howard some copy & paste advice below:)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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?

BP has built a great selection, all of them worth reading and that will help you build foundational knowledge.To answer this one: the words from old school investor Dolf De Roos "seldom sell" and you will find a lot of post on BP from people who regret selling properties in the past.

Each jurisdiction is slightly different but from past experience if your looking for a NEW detached ADU its going to be in the $4,000 - $6,000 range (depends on SF & components) but if it's an addition to an existing occupied building then it will be much less.

You'd definitely want to run this past an attorney.

Rates are still super high and we've seen a ton of appreciation over the past 5 years.