As several people have mentioned, Detroit is composed of micro-markets.

Hey everyone,My name is David, I've been listening to the BiggerPockets Podcast for several months now and was happy to see that there seems to be a solid Canadian community here.

Usually rentbacks call for higher rents than market, not lower. of course, those situations I've seen have always been short term. you make it sound like this can be several months. in that situation, I would tell them they have to pay market rent, and provide security deposit.

Good price and fast service, but I haven't had a need for survey work for several years  so I can't speak to what Barry's prices are these days. 

Hopefully I will have that relationship someday but for now I work with individual commercial brokers and have done several deals with them. 

So Google “real estate meet ups Baltimore” , pick several and go network.In addition to defining your strategy/focus as Ned mentions above,  another action step is to lay out the steps you need to complete (preferably in priority order) to set yourself up for a faster ramp up in your area of focus.  

There are also several other experienced tax professionals who specialize working with real estate investors, they might not be local to you but most of them will work with clients remotely.

In several states your gun, magazine, and bullets have to be separate. 

A oil leak can result in a cost of several hundred thousand to clean up contaminated soils. 

I am connected with several lenders that do small loan amounts nationwide, as well as large lines of credit, assuming that the home is an investment and not personal use.