She discusses how she made her home city of Detroit, Michigan into a land of opportunity and a chance to bring something better to her community.

Sure, maybe a handful of LA residents will pipe in w some info, but that it a small sample size and chances are they're not truly familiar with the neighborhoods you mentioned, just have an outsider's bias towards them.Go drive around.

They'll take around 8-15% (depending on the size of the property) of your monthly rent, and don't give you the chance to learn more about REI directly hands on.

Once this loan is "lost" down the secondary mortgage market there is a highly unlikely chance it will ever be called due for this reason. 

I’m going to give them a chance to clean up or I will send a notice to vacate.

Even if you have to travel a couple hours, you have a much better chance of finding someone.How to approach a mentorOnce you've found a likely candidate, it's time to reach out and ask.

They did say it is aggressive and to know that it could increase chances of audit if we decide to go that route since this is a gray area in the tax code.

Doing a BRRR with no prior REI experience is a bit like trying to surf a 50 foot wave before even learning to swim--the chances of success are low, and the chances of disaster are high. 

I would love to connect to get a chance to pick your brain about how you plan to navigate the current market in Houston.

You will also not have the luxury of spreading major CAPEX expenses and some maintenance expenses across all units (one roof, one electrical system, one lawn, one parking lot, one HVAC system, etc)- When you buy the portfolio, there is a pretty good chance that at some point you will want to sell off the lower-performing assets in the portfolio or the assets that cause a headache.