You need to be aware of what you're buying seeing it in person.I think you can make some decent money in Detroit because it's becoming revitalized, but you will likely be looking at more of a cash flow play than an appreciation play.The best investors in Detroit are the ones who have the ability to buy into the area because they have the influence to change the area.Dan Gilbert has invested in Detroit, and it's smart for him to do it, because he's literally buying blocks of downtown area, and actually buying his own security force (basically to double a police force) to monitor and control the crime in the areas he buys.If you are just buying one house in an area, you better go check it out.  

This garage currently has electricity running to it from the main house...and I need to separate it, as I will be using it for material/tool storage for myself.Utility company will not let us add another meter .I've called two utility monitoring company, but can't get them to call me back( too small I guess)I definitely want it separate from tenants electric , what have other done to achieve this?

you can set up several and monitor each line separately.

I'll be monitoring this topic to see what others say. 

I also tried to monitor recent sales for a few month to see what they would be using as comps.

I'll have to wait and see what comes from insurance, but like you guys say, it's going to be a hay day for builders and living in the lower mainland of BC, will be hard to monitor a build...

I grew up in Brooklyn and monitor the NY subforum.

For $100/year you get their full monitoring and cloud solution package I think which isn't bad at all.  

We are pretty active in monitoring & farming WLR and Otter Creek and run across properties that fit your criteria from time to time. 

There are usually some good, local investors that monitor those forums.