@Don Konipol thanks don I have employed this strategy quite a bit post Dodd frank.  

Finally, in their application, ask for landlord references and their employer's phone number to verify that they work there.If you need a tenant screening service recommendation, please feel free to reach out directly through personal message!

We just registered an LLC in the same state as our properties.As I understood from a conversation I had with a CPA this morning, UNDER the LLC structure, if the company has more than 1 partner, you can opt for Partnership LLC or S Corp.As an S Corp under the LLC, you can choose to declare whatever amount you want as self-employment tax, where as the Partnership LLC, requires all partners to pay full self-employment based on your shares of the company.

The data can be helpful in getting to a shortlist... then you can dig in to the detail of a handful of markets, e.g. check landlord friendliness of the state, research what the employer base looks like in city, skim news headlines for top issues for the area (school performance?

Also I would not buy a house with your family even when you are employed.

We also have the Cleveland Clinic which is the largest employer in the state of Ohio! 

Be very careful about calling yourself a property manager.In the state of Illinois an employee can manage property for their employer.

I'm looking in the Detroit area and was hoping someone might have an idea where to best employ the BRRRR strategy. 

Also reading through the CAFR everything looks pretty steady with the principal employers, unemployment and city financials.

The area has proximity to many big employers and downtown.