I feel guilty when I stop working on the projects because I feel the days keep passing and my property is not producing.

I have seen at least one investor run into trouble because they took their approval to a courthouse auction not knowing it would work.

Contact your regional NARPM group- they track average rents in metropolitan areas and produce quarterly reports.

Do you mean a building that you would loan $200,000 on would only produce $30,000 a year?

The metro rentals are going to be in trouble short term.I am listening to a Live Brandon Turner webinar and they are talking about this very thing right now.

They are in trouble. 

This couple was referred to me by my contractor who is family with them and basically said he would co-sign lease for them if they ran into trouble/difficulty paying rent (i put no real value in this as it is the tenants responsibility not someone elses).

Hey BP, I recently found a Duplex that seems like it would be a good investment if I can rent out both units. When looking at the property, I noticed that in the description(Found this house on Zillow) it said that th...

We had and extremely busy winter in the Detroit market while it produced some of the best numbers we’ve seen in over a decade.

You probably have sterling credit and make great money, but even still, many people run in to this issue.)Sometimes investors have trouble refinancing because they banks/lenders due to LTV.