With low prices, high demand for rental properties, strong potential for appreciation, tax incentives, and renovation opportunities, investors should consider Detroit to diversify their real estate portfolio.

I will attach a link to the local median rent for a 1-br, and I believe, even if he pays for his own utility (which everything are free, except for internet at this moment), he is still below $200 market.

Don't get me wrong, there are some great VAs out there, but you have to find them, train them, monitor them and pay them well for them to produce anything above mediocre results. 

I am not familiar with who you are working with but always recommend vetting any company deeply before signing and paying -- those companies tend to have a lot of overhead they need to pay - out of your bottom line.

Principle pay down is not.

I am trying to create a 100% pass through legal entity that will not be subject to any taxes or obligations to pay anyone within the entity a salary. 

However, being a Canadian citizen, it seems like I would still need to pay Canadian taxes on the US properties regardless. 

The city has to have a way of contacting the owner unless the owner isn't paying their property taxes. 

Buyers who pay a premium for living in one of the nicest areas of the city.

If we 1031 Exchange and end up staying in the home a paying off the mortgage are the deferred taxes due the day you pay off the property or is there a window of time in which they will be have to paid?