You can earn from the many contract set asides, tax incentives and specialized financing  that exists only because of your tenant.My funding group (DTRT FUNDING & Consulting - Do The Right Thing) funds what we call the path.. all the varisous companies and non profits that can benefit from the wide range of tax, contract setasides, funding and income generaded by that trnant becomming a productive and independant person.Would love to talk 

It is not small, it is a very long and wide beach.

Going outside the city limits is a good work around that works in markets that don't have county-wide regulations.

But until then I agree with you, that's not a growth strategy.I am a firm believer to grow your portfolio first wide, before you grow it deep.

A jobless rate of 3% or below is widely considered "full employment" by economists, or the point at which most people who want a job have one

I did have some unexpected costs, but to some extent.

Not everyone starting off gets hit with this, and if you can buy a portfolio it can "de-risk" the issue to some extent, but if you have one property and experience an 8-9 month fight to collect rent prior to eviction with a large repair bill after that it can be very painful.ALWAYS use a licensed PM in Detroit. 

I had a WIDE range of quotes for my building, but I ultimately winded up using Hemlane for the quote as they had the best price and coverage. 

It's a whole suite of forms that you can utilize for move in, pets, extentions, applications etc.

The property is located in a business district and does not have residential district restrictions, so I think STR is allowable to some extent.