We also wanted to do big deals, and skip smaller multifamily deals.

I'd skip the playground for the liability issues you mentioned.

I would skip this one and move on to a cleaner deal. 

As a result, I actually created my own frankenstein of an automation pipeline combining public notices, county data and skip tracing so I can get the leads directly from the source and act on them as soon as they are available. 

Detroit water bills are tied to the property regardless, but you can have the tenants of a SFH fill out an affidavit form at the Water Dept. that puts it in their name.....but of course if they skip out on payment....the bill is still stuck with the property.

I gave it a read also.What I can tell from looking online:- It is on the border of where crime gets bad, if it were any further south I'd skip it.- Schools do not seem the best- Population is maintaining and property values are appreciatingI fully plan on making a flight out there in the next week to scope it out for myself.I am hoping once I am there in person I can get a better feel + chat with some locals.

When you get a code violation list from your county, do you just look for key words under comments to know who to skip trace and who to call?

Hello all,I was so excited to join BP, I skipped the step where I introduce myself went straight to asking questions.

I’m on my phone so I skipped the mortgage interest and insurance.

That means that they can't already have a deal under contract, let alone be raising money for it, when you meet them (unless your intention is to skip the current deal and potentially invest in a future one).