Here in Michigan I am almost desperate to get my own place & start off as a house hack.

I live in Michigan, but if all I’m doing is “assistant” style work, I could do that for just about anyone anywhere.

Originally posted by @Patrick M.:I

I would like to find a reputable company to bird dog properties in exchange for a few dollars and some insight into how to get started on my own.I live in Dearborn Michigan and work anywhere from the inner city to rural Michigan.

New to the idea of investing through property. Been reading and looking up all types of info. What are some key things to know before I get started? How much money should I have? Should I BRRRR or flip 1st house?

Buy in the path of progress, hopefully you can drop MI soon and do the same with a condo and then a SFR. 

@Marten M. I

I’m looking into buying a property in Detroit, MI and the property I’m looking at needs a new flat roof.

@Paolo Sciarra I'll echo @Todd Dexheimer and add Wilmington and Asheville (smaller markets, obviously).Additionally Greenville, Spartanburg, Columbia, and Charleston in SC are growing as well.I track population growth trends in this publicly available spreadsheet as I believe it's a very good indicator of the positive long term trends that support the MFH asset class (not the only one, but a great one).https://docs.google.com/spread...It's all based on government data and identifies both perennially high growth metros, as well as recent accelerators (Flint, Michigan - really!)

Also since you are in Michigan I would see if you can get connected with any Wayne State or UMich graduates as I am sure they have areal estate group.Originally posted by @John Lyszczyk:I've been reading/listening about multi-family syndication for a long time now.