So its really important for landlords to check quarterly in those markets if their tenants are paying water and gas and power..not only that city of Detroit will NOT turn them off for none payment... and the tenants know this.. some tenants simply will never pay a bill..

Guardian Water & Power, Inc. provides RUBS services for property in Alabama. 

Working with transactional real estate professionals when working out of state and depending on a power team for your success.Let me know if you have any questions.Regards,Joe Scorese

Knowledge is power and just looking for advise and suggestions on what would be a good next move.

These are really more driven by the tenants, as opposed to the building itself....For SF, for me, A is a person likely making $300K a year, more busy than you are, you never hear from them.

@Lois Ginter & @Gunnar Sevart I absolutely agree that using a real estate agent can be powerful, but right now I only have the one unit so it is cost prohibitive.

Both are very powerful reads when you are just starting out.

That could be a powerful strategy.

I've heard two strong opinions 1) it's a bubble, so let it burst and then buy the next home 2) it's the last bastion of 'coastal' cities that is still undervalued and the flood of money and people moving into the city will continue unabated even if rates go up.I tend to lean to #2 from all the metrics I can look at, so it seems to me that I'll slowly lose buying power if the prices slow and the rates go up. 1) Buying the big home now (talking around 700k for this area) seems like the easy way out, and I'll gain the appreciation on it.,....but be highly limited in any other investment maneuverability until I gain equity again.

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