This is a small village (under 400 people).

All it will take is a year or so of consistent auto deposits into your bank account with minimal effort. 

They also have ABB/VRBO integration with auto code generation (I personally don't like this because guests will need to be reminded of the code and I don't believe it sends reminders).

For some of these homes, I am concerned about electrical and plumbing issues and would like to know typically how the city/village goes about evaluating these issues for a property that will be rehabbed.  

I have properties in East english village and it could be 100x reasons why it sold for 1k less.

First new auto plant in Detroit in almost 3 decades” CBS.com 2019Automobiles' $4.5.

Within Detroit Class A/B neighborhoods would be East English village, Boston Edison, Indian village, Grandmont Rosedale, Palmer woods, Corktown...etc Most cities in Metro Detroit have a full range of A/D neighborhoods, you will need to narrow your search but you can take a look at Royal Oak, Ferndale, Dearborn, St Clair shores That being said most of these areas don't make any sense if you're looking for cash flow, depending on your investment strategy there are more affordable B-C areas that provide higher yields as a rental investment. 

An auto loan or two, with good payment records for a period of time, I take note of the payment amounts in relation to their income to see if it is reasonable.I'm also looking at the other information provided in the report, comparing it with what applicant provided on their application for timelines, employment info, addresses, other names, whatever I can use to complete the puzzle.

Other web systems understand that and auto-narrow.Not so much fun with the email links when an thread is updated since it drops you at the top of the thread. 

And like magic, the moment discussed with non-paying tenants of there options, to either come current, make a mutual agreement to surrender unit and part ways, OR that we would file suite, sue them to get a judgement, than file for motion of discovery to seize assets like bank accounts, autos, crypto, whatever, and garnish wages, all but universally people would say "you can do that?"