It's turned out to be quite a good deal for us both, as they are paying all utilities, some maintenance, and have even contributed to some cap ex in exchange for a multi-year lease. 

Average housing price in Detroit is still really low compared to the national average and Detroit's appreciation over the last few years has been good and trending well. 

A lot less and better quality, I’m in Detroit you can imagine all the junk the big three brings here and making low quality cars.

At this point maybe it is time to seek a GOOD property manager or at least seek advice from one.

That’s a pretty good ROI.We consider ourselves pretty sophisticated (own over 500 units) but this is evidence that “you don’t know what you don’t know”.

When problems happen, its okay to try and use a good reputable handyman BUT, if that fails you Must hire a local well known "expert" to prove you are doing all you can to repair the item. 3.

@Kevin Sobilo good information!

Thanks, good to know everyone brings data from data aggregators.

Good luck pursuing the license, though!

Turno is a good app for cleaners because it logs their start/stop time for you, therefore you have 3rd party record keeping for that.