You might want to follow the "Deep Dive" series we're doing on our BiggerPockets blog about Metro Detroit cities, City of Detroit Neighborhoods and comparing Metro Detroit to other hotspots investors usually consider:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

When we took it over we discovered the entire building was infested with bedbugs so badly that our bed bug remediation said if this had happened before heat treatment was introduced the building would have probably been torn down.

There have also been may posts, podcasts and blogs that have talked about it here. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Can read more on my blogs here on BP,https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/7993-cashingin-tax-free-1031-exchange-and-dsts 

I would also try to discover if the basement was finished by a licensed professional vs a rookie who doesn't know the ins and outs of DIY.

Many times in order to discover our purpose we must release who others have told us to be to become who we truly are.

Make sure you check out all that this site has to offer.If you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/I really like the alerts feature that can quickly guide you to current topics that may be of interest: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsThere are a few self-contained guides that you can access here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides

Don't have quite enough in savings, thought we would pull from retirement but discovered pulling from retirement places me into the next tax bracket and will get smashed with taxes, then try to get a HELOC and appraisal comes in crazy low, giving us a super low HELOC.

I discovered a new phrase yesterday (tax years) and I am not sure if I am smarter or more confused.