I'm a complete newbie to REI other than spending hours reading through BP forums and blogs, any information/knowledge that I can gain from others would be AWESOME! 

Hello everyone,I am new to this blog and I am looking for a direction to start in real estate investing.

Leads--these are people who have signed up for updates on our blog or requested our whitepaper on our website. 

Definitely take advantage of the Forums, Tools, and Blogs areas to continue getting closer to taking action.

I wrote a BP blog article about Three Key Routes for Passive Real Estate Investing that you might find useful.

Take the next couple of months reading BP blogs and listening to the podcasts and you will be able to make a confident & educated decision. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

YES, we may be a little biased, but check out our blog here on BP comparing Detroit to other cities and Deep Dives on Metro Detroit cities & neighborhoods: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...