I will ask your other questions and visit a property or two (if it gets that far).

When you visit a place you've never been to before and instead of going to tourist attractions, you prefer to drive through neighborhoods looking at houses. 

Tyler Reeves, besides the MLS, there are quite a few other resources to find foreclosures and short sales.When driving around, keep your eye peeled for FSBO signs or visit a local website for FSBO listings.Many major banks keep an online database of their foreclosed properties.

I would then visit a few and reach out to other bp members who may be able to give you insight as well as attend a local reia.

Best to visit a specialist bank and inquire.

If you think it's hard to get somethig built in the US, visit a few European countries to engage with various levels of corruption, code, laws, taxes, regulations and red tape.

@Guillaume Elleboudt , one thing that helped keep me motivated to drive around and visit a lot of properties is this : as a father with two kids, I don't get a lot of time to ride my motorbike, so I use real estate as as an excuse to ride it.

Where would I want to visit? As

Do your research, and visit a few companies on the ground and then and only then decide if the Detroit market is for you.

Should I go visit a property?