@Drew BrownThere are facebook groups for Lansing and Grand Rapids and there is a meetup in Traverse City area once a month.

Another two cashflow cities you can look at are Lansing and Muskegon.

Another option is Lansing, MI.

My name is Mohamed and currently in the Lansing, MI market.

The real drive for us to buy a STR in central/western MN area like Fergus Falls is that my wife and I want to get a property that will cashflow well first, and will also be close to our family, closer to the MN/ND border - so Fergus Falls is the biggest area closest to that.I definitely noticed as I reviewed the other listings on AirBnB that most of them are lake cabins, east of Fergus Falls in the lakes area, but I wasn't sure whether I should interpret that as that's where most of the consumer interest is, or if the immediate Fergus area was just less developed.I live in the Lansing, MI area, so we've got some decent LTR properties available here, and I think I'm going to be focusing on STRs first, both in Lansing, MI and in the Fergus Falls/Lakes Area of MN, and then look to add LTRs after that.I'll DM both of you for more info - I appreciate it!

Hello,I am planning to house hack a small multifamily or a SFR with an ADU in Ithaca, Lansing, or Trumansburg, NY.

I live in the Lansing, MI area, so not a big tourist destination by any means, but I should be able to make some traction with both of these methods.  

I'm just getting started too - I teamed up with 3 others to purchase a duplex in Lansing, and working to build the team approach. 

I have a few properties in the 60-70k range in Lansing, MI.

Affordability and value-add smaller multifamily can all be found in Lansing, MI.