I'm interested in multi-family properties to buy and hold.I'd like to network with people who invest in Michigan and learn from them.Where is the best place to obtain a Michigan Rental Contract that I can customize? 

Commercial lenders (after you've obtained a loan) like to see your personal financial statement annually.  

I believe a great way starting off as an investor would be to obtain a property at a good price then resell to someone else rent to own.

I just obtained the domain name and am working on the website as well as the direct mail piece.

That will dictate what you can afford, where you can look and what you can look at with a reasonable chance of obtaining it. - With cash?

Today I only hold a six-unit I bought in 1987,when it needed quite a bit of work and was difficult to obtain quality tenants.  

For the experience, I decided to obtain all the owner information manually.

trying to obtain info on the best places to search for a hard lender starting off in the real estate investing business.

If it were me I would wait until I could find something in a more established neighborhood more conducive to obtaining qualified applicants.  

It's been a problem there, since obtaining Notes is what you need to get the yield up to par.