I'm also beginning to shift my focus towards that direction too and am eyeing the 50+ units.

Hey John, I think that Detroit is a great city to invest in and you'll certainly want a good team to help direct you to the right investments for your goals and risk tolerance.

Seems you have a lot going on and are heading in the right directions very exciting.

I'm looking to start a direct mail campaign.

I'm ok when it comes to accounting... thinking I can get through it.Note: the LLC is 2 partners, 50% myself & 50% a canadian citizen.Any direction/suggestion welcome!

I'm hoping through the meet ups in Santa Monica and Thousand Oaks, I can find a mentor who can steer me in the right direction.

@Alex Craig  one part of my e book on buying out of area rentals goes into insurance and these very issues.I suspect this is going to get much worse before it gets better.. how do you rehab a house with the tenant in them.. maybe a light turn over thats it..this person looks like made a cardinal error in buying low end rental in bad neighborhood probably becasue the numbers looked so good..

I do direct mail to 30-100-space parks and get good results.

You could directly go commercial. 

@Carson WilcoxThe self-directed IRA can obtain a non-recourse loan form a hard money lender or bank for investing in real estate.