A lot of changes are happening in various areas of the city, the police are patrolling more, neighbors are forming task force to reduce crime, business are moving in & increasing property values.You need to remember, some people live in these areas because that is where they grew up, that is where they feel comfortable with, they have family there, their roots are there,  A lot of these areas have really good people living there who are trying to get by.

Make sure she understands if he moves in you will evict and offer to release her from the lease.Your problem is you have absolutely no way of policing the situation or proving conclusively he is there.

If I were you I would pick the most landlord friendly state, I believe Arkansas as you can use the police to evict tenants and they have basically no rights.

If the lean is registered after Close and you learn of it at that time, it may be covered (read the police or ask the attorney / title company who is selling the policy).

You need to be aware of what you're buying seeing it in person.I think you can make some decent money in Detroit because it's becoming revitalized, but you will likely be looking at more of a cash flow play than an appreciation play.The best investors in Detroit are the ones who have the ability to buy into the area because they have the influence to change the area.Dan Gilbert has invested in Detroit, and it's smart for him to do it, because he's literally buying blocks of downtown area, and actually buying his own security force (basically to double a police force) to monitor and control the crime in the areas he buys.If you are just buying one house in an area, you better go check it out.  

Originally posted by **********:Originally posted by MikeOH: "Indeed, Tuesday's announcement comes too late for Troy Courtney, a 44-year-old San Francisco police officer.

One strategy that I do since I'm an out of town investor is to call the local police department to pull the police reports for the last 6 months.

It recently resulted in police being called in middle of night.

Talk to the neighbors, get police reports.

However you are right, it was no where near as bad as bullets going into walls but I have had my fair share of break ins and police disturbances.