.- It's not profitable for them to search for under-market priced houses, figure out repairs needed or what other problem is pushing the price down and do even more for a newbie investor that has analysis-paralysis and may never buy anything.Some questions you'll want to share the answers to with any agent you choose:1) Are you paying cash or getting a mortgage?

In my state, you can fill out a form on the SOS website in about 3 minutes and pay a one time fee of $100 and you are done. 

HI all we to are Canadian and invest in Detroit where we have a great team on the ground.

That's disappointing, I'm here to learn and would happily pay for it if I used it extensively.

I would check out airdna pay for a monthly sub for a bit, it really helps paint a picture of the health of a market. 

Don't pay the current owner (higher purchase price) for the work he/she didn't do.

Without new companies creating similar-paying replacement jobs, workers may have to settle for lower-paying service sector positions.

My area is relatively low crime, but had one place that someone broke a window to get in.... probably a homeless guy looking for a place to sleep....got scared when neighbor turned light on.I put in a SimpliSafe unit... portable, easy to set up, multiple options- you can use a webcam and get alerts on your phone and future tenant can pay for full service if they want. 

This is the first time I have done something like this, where it was for other reasons besides not paying rent. 

Quote from @John Mason: If you are wanting to get ahead I would pay the  100 usd on fiverr and get it done and  then go to next  step  in  your journey and then learn the way to do it on the side so that you do not lose time..hope I made sense I do that now.