If the bad area is convenient to expressways, public transportation, and vital services and adjoins a much nicer area, the prospects for improvement sooner rather than later are much better.

If they don't leave, well, it was worth the free gamble and the status quo remains the same.

I’m in port Jeff so I would just be a deer ride away which is super convenient but I think I would still hire a management company to handle the rental.

He's taking a huge gamble with me and only has the resources to survive around 6 months.My plan is to do everything I absolutely can do right now, and then move down about 2 months before my partner is ready to move down.

There would be the quickest convenience for the seller being that I have my own money and it would also save money on the end of marketing to property if I am not mistaken?

Sounds like the area is rent growth and an appreciation type play.The seller is likely looking for a buyer willing to gamble or a foreign investor that doesn't mind hardly any cash flow just to get funds into the states here.

I'm not an expert on Michigan but I'd bet you can still benefit from undervalued areas as a result while staying out of a Detrot gamble. 

:1) We use high efficiency (HE) machines which use less water;2) We know the machines are installed property with {drained} overflow pans;3) Less damage to the building with moving laundry machines in/out every time tenants change;4) We charge a higher rent (typically $30 - $50/month) for the convenience of en-suite laundry.

If you do better in study groups to accomplish this, go to school...if you are better by yourself, go online.Online is also usually cheaper, more convenient, and can be done just about anywhere, at any time, making it a better choices for professionals / working folks.

Yet, I'm willing to gamble on the fact that more often than not, they're the same ones who are unhappy about their experience.