@Dennis Maynard aside from Jay, nobody has really responded to your question...Columbus, Ohio is arguably the premier investment destination in the US right now for good reason...an easy visual for where our market is heading.To your question, small MF properties are king here with OOS investors...2-4 units comprise 90% of all MF inventory in the area by virtue of being a popular build throughout the 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's before LIHTC flooded the market with larger MF complexes.....

@Jeff T.Thanks Jeff, I have a much better cashflow (if not I at least break even) when I am here as I live in a much larger unit with extra rooms that I can rent with additional cash flow but I think renting my entire unit alone would be very challenging as there will not be many prospective tenants that will need so much space (6 beds and 3 ba )and willing to shell additional rent .

@Steve Vaughan I was in a zoom meeting with a BP member yesterday and I brought up the Lease to own question, you both agree on the seller financing approach and that's definitely the most logical.As for my IRA, it's a traditional IRA which I had for just over 5 years and considered pulling the money out and investing it into real estate for a larger return and to put "skin in the game" to jump start my business. 

Do do you think medium/larger multi-family is a feasible strategy here in Detroit?

So for a 1031, you keep upgrading to larger properties each time.  

My long term goals are to utilize the BRRRR method to build my portfolio out of state (Arizona is currently a bit too hot, pun intended), and eventually move into larger deals. 

I don’t know if it has a direct correlation with the growing “young professional” demographic but I think many people would be surprised on how many 1 occupant tenants there are renting larger units or 2 bedrooms units to serve as an office. 

the larger banks may not have their systems setup for it?? 

I am currently working to liquidate my investments here and hoping to be able to make the move early to mid next year, but I will be visiting a couple times before then so maybe the timing will line up at some point!

Utilizing cost seg is a must do in my opinion, certainly with larger jobs too.