Wait till the political election train begins again and the garbage will fly and what was and wasn’t done.  

The key is keeping it pumped and operating efficiently (educating tenants and no garbage disposals, etc.).

It's just the new investor on the hook for selling garbage to a consumer - and they get in trouble. 

How do I find out the costs of lawn care/snow removal/garbage collection?

Besides that she has taken me from a garbage bag full of bills to pay & collecting rent in cash, to quick books, and now to Appfolio.

Add to that the missing garbage disposal outlet.

So guys anyone out there listening to this garbage.

Buy them, clean out the garbage and funky smells, do something with the front lawn and list it at a fair price. 

I own 10 properties in Detroit, and these aren't anywhere close to what I'm paying for anything.Like I said, very curious what the methodology here is.For perspective, I'm getting 90% of your stated Detroit's average rent for less than 38% the average purchase price, and paying 40% your stated property taxes, 50% stated insurance, and 50% your stated vacancy.I buy in solid areas and keep my properties nice (they aren't garbage, high cash flowing properties... if they were, the numbers would look even better).

There is a lot of garbage advice out there pushing people to take risks with their life savings and friends' money that I find reprehensible.On a side note, over 30 years, I've still had deals where I just sh*t the bed or I overtrusted.