The mortgage guys really hurting are the ones that built their practice on the low hanging fruit house of cards of artificially low rates, which is rate and term refinance business from a call center cubicle thingie.

Now I am doing this by hand (figure its good to get the practice) but no property that I know of (correct me if I am wrong) will rent for 3-6k a month (using the 1 or 2% rule to screen properties).

This community is amazing and nationwide multifamily real estate investing is what I do all day ;-)BTW, you may or may not already be practicing this strategy but save your time driving to places you probably won't buy anyway.

You have to be careful as a landlord to be in compliance with all current fair housing practices.

lots of ideas but they have to be practical for you and your family and hopefully not cost in the long run. 

And there is no way to fix that in a short online reply, sorry. 

Regarding the attorney, which practice should this attorney specialize in?

But it's not AM Best rated and there's very little info about Lighthouse online. 

Oakland County has a nice online database you can access at Oakgov.com. 

I am looking for information to help me learn about buying homes from online auctions.