@Jacob Rogers Feel fortunate enough that the landlord reference actually told the truth, deny her, and move on.

Working with an awesome agent and went under contract but unfortunately (or fortunately) he found some pretty bad rotting in the roof and the attic was coming apart so badly that we could push a finger through it.

Yes Love the Metro Detroit area(my rental portfolio is here)The balance of price/rent/location is so hard to beat.These are the types of deals we have incredible success with.Purchase: $80k-$130kRent: $1200-$1500ROI: 10-14%Cash flow: $250-$350/doorAppreciation: Double digit (for past 10 years, will gladly send data)Location: C, B- (suburbs and certain markets)We have over a dozen Fortune 500 companies just in Metro Detroit with huge Healthcare, Auto, mortgage, Amazon fulfillment, and more jobs.The bad reputation comes from OOS investors wanting $20k D market properties.

I understand I may not be fortunate enough too get that mentor shouldn’t stop me at all doe I appreciate your feedback!

Fortunate to have a very responsible tenant with bad credit.

If it was highly customized for them it could cost a fortune to retrofit for another user.

But fortunately for us there is only one state that completely prohibits cowdfunding real estate and it is MD.

@Denzel FaulkenMetro Detroit (my rental portfolio is here)Purchase: $80k-$130kRent: $1200-$1500ROI: 10-14%Cash flow: $250-$350/doorAppreciation: Double digit (for past 10 years, will gladly send data)Location: C+, B- (suburbs and certain markets)We have over a dozen Fortune 500 companies just in Metro Detroit with huge Healthcare, Auto, and mortgage industry National footprints.

I hope your good fortune continues. 

Lol.With $8million, I'd use $7m for REI, "VEGAS BABY" with $750k, rest as seed $ for next in series; "How I Turned $8m from Some Dumb ChatGPT Book into a REI Fortune".