. $70k for a duplex rehab is a hefty price in this area, sure hope you have the ARV to support that. 

You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.

It was great.Now, suddenly, when I click "read the article" in an email, I'm taken to a login screen, and after that, I land on the home page, left to root around hoping to find the article I'd clicked on.

When I had properties in bad locations I had a hard time qualifying tenants because they all had bad credit, none of them had savings or income at 2-3x rent, or references I could call, etc. it was a process of picking the least-worst applicant and hoping for the best possible outcome. 

@Mario Rodriguez we have a lot of out-of-country and out-of-state clients investing in Detroit area.If you can find the right team it goes well.The challenge is finding that team, otherwise you'll get ripped off and lose most your money.PM us for more info if interested.

If you are not a veteran you can still assume the loan the veteran would lose their eligibility until the loan is paid off.  

Hope this helps.

Hope it will give you some guidance in your quest.

I do hope to bring my husband in as my partner who could help me achieve more in my first year, as his job has more of a seasonal down period. 

Then convert to hopefully a 1:1 ratio of buy/sell one flip property to buy/hold for long term rental (possibly use BRRRR).