However, I heard East Cleveland is a D to F class area.For those of you with rental properties at or near East Cleveland, what is it like managing rental properties over there?

I made myself take QB classes and struggled for years, my CPA said what I am doing is about 80% correct and it was a ton of work to clean up the files. 80% is not acceptable for me when it comes to IRS stuff.

@Stuart Udis Went into more detail on why some areas are affected.I'll look into those areas, thank you. what do you mean by too much hassle, other than competition and general norm of lower-class tenants? 

Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods, ranging from Class A to D.Would need the address to give a better answer.

If you don't want to rock the boat, you can raise it over time. 

Investors can lose their capital, there can be cash calls to keep the boat a-float, and no exit strategy 

Hi Drew, I look usually for C-class areas, like Bagley/University District, and Marygrove/Fitzgerald.What do you think about these?

I doubt you would be able to get your money back at this point but im not sure how much value you will get from them vs spending that “class” or meeting time reading a real estate book or connecting with local investors. 

I'm wondering If there is a class how can I find this properties. ?

Looking at lots listed for 15-25k in Texas satellite towns to initially hold then eventually build class A/B duplexes.