A couple of the lease rates are below market rent/sq ft, so while I'd like to bump those up a small amount as they've never been raised, I also don't want to immediately have a bad reputation with those tenants.Suggestions or past experiences?

I had a bad experience with using the title company that auction.com provided. 

Obviously there are places to avoid, but Detroit is not nearly as bad as everyone outside of Michigan would have you believe.

Your route isn't bad.

Let them know that you can't let them stay for free because you'll have your mortgage to pay, but that feel bad about them and would love to be able to help them. 

If you add financing into that mix...well...it becomes a bad deal from the get-go.

It said 2 speakers and a radio installed for 150 with parts and labor.

Maybe it really isn't as bad as you think and is a great opportunity!

Maybe even along with some kind of satisfaction metric by the owner.Also things like macro trends for rents and appreciation by neighborhood.Maybe even a way for turnkey providers or other real estate professionals to aggregate data on all the deals they've done that could be verified by a 3rd party so you can you really drill in detail into what to expect.Super new to the space so it's possible these are really bad ideas!

we have heard many good and bad experiences with using hard money and private money. we are new to real estate investing and looking to do a flip soon.