That said, they can do very little to prevent you from having a “roommate” or havIng a relative live there - you’ll have to find a tenant willing to support that they are sharing the unit with you if questioned and you could draft a roommate “share” agreement rather than a lease for that fIrst year.

You’re best bet is to work with your cpa to make the transfer and your attorney to draw the recourse / 1st position papers for your relatives.

This is one of the reasons I invest in Detroit, and to date I have not made a single investment in Detroit that has returned anything less than 100% on my investments in a relatively short period of time.

Is there a niche for renting  C and D class properties to sex offenders?  

Good relations with neighbors also helps, but there's not much you can do about that from OOS. 

Sounds like the foundation issues do not relate to OP's unit... and that an insurance claim was in process when he closed.

So, the relatively few houses here that have crawl spaces here have pretty bad crawl spaces.

You could wholesale it to someone else.2. you could find an equity partner3. borrow it from a friend/ relative

So, I'm interested in learning more about purchasing rental properties.In my quest I can provide hard work and construction skills, especially in pool related area, in exchange to gain experience or potentially work a few deals with you all.It is a pleasure to be on here, and to eventually meet with you all. 

I'll be working with RE agents and other real estate related industries so I think the new position will help me network even more than my current position.I'm actually planning to start the RE license school within the next couple weeks. :) It will help with my current job as well as my future investments.