Investing in Detroit real estate from out of state? We're your local expert and operator on the ground — the team that visits your properties, documents everything, builds your scopes and bids, and helps manage your Detroit investments end to end, so you can buy, hold, and flip with confidence without living here. And right now it's all at Detroit launch pricing — investor-grade work, priced to win your business.
Detroit rewards investors who know the neighborhoods, the numbers, and the rental market — and it punishes absentee owners who guess. Whether you're buying your first Detroit rental, running a buy-and-hold or Section 8 portfolio, flipping houses, or already own property here, you get a trusted local expert and operator at the property — on your schedule, reporting back to you, and looking after your investment like it's their own.
Scheduled visits with photos, video, and a plain-language written summary after every trip to the property. No guessing, no relying on secondhand updates — you see what we see.
Lock changes, lockbox setup, utility meet-and-greets when the electric, gas, or water company needs access, plus project management and follow-through — end-to-end local management, so a job never stalls because nobody in Detroit has the keys.
Project management and transparency while your project runs — scheduled site visits and punchlist checks, documented with photos and video, so you can confirm work is done before money goes out.
One call covers the whole job: full home renovations, gut rehabs, and fast rental turnovers between tenants — scoped, priced, coordinated, and documented by your local team, with the work performed by independent subcontracted construction companies we coordinate on site. Tell us about the property and the work you have in mind, and we'll put a real quote together.
Every service is a real person at your Detroit property, in person — and every price is Detroit launch pricing. This is the short list; the full menu, with everything each service includes, is on the Services page.
A free call with Anthony — a licensed Michigan realtor and Detroit investor. Strategy, neighborhoods, and the numbers if you're new; a straight second opinion if you already own here.
A full video walkthrough of the exterior and every level of the home — plus renovation recommendations based on your strategy, whether you plan to flip the property or hold it, rental & Section 8 violation spotting with repair advice, and flip finish recommendations.
The cheapest way to know what's happening at your property: a real person puts eyes on it from the outside — vacancy and obvious damage — with pictures whenever there's something worth documenting.
About 30 sales and listing photos — 2 angles of each room plus exterior — shot on a high-quality, top-of-the-line iPhone and ready to upload to the MLS or any real estate website.
A new deadbolt and door knob on every door you choose — hardware included, one flat per-door price, with photo proof of every finished lock.
Whole-house rehabs and fast rental turnovers, handled start to finish by your local team — with photo and video updates as the work progresses.
A single service, a package, a free consultation call, or a full renovation — everything is on the Services page with up-front pricing.
Text us the short request form. Booking a consultation? Tell us your preferred date and time window for the call. For property work, just send the address — scheduling is arranged when we confirm.
Anthony confirms the details, the price, and the timing with you by call or text. A request isn't confirmed until we reply — and consultation calls are checked against the calendar, so they're never double booked.
Your call happens, your visit gets done, or your project gets under way — with photos, video, and written updates sent back to you as it happens, wherever you are.
Boots on the Ground LLC is the local team for investors and owners who buy, hold, and flip Detroit real estate from somewhere else. We visit your properties, document everything, coordinate access, build your scopes and bids, and follow projects through — so you can run Detroit investments with confidence, without living here.
Boots on the Ground LLC is run by Anthony Smith — a licensed Michigan realtor, one of Detroit's top local realtors, and a Detroit investor and operator who is on the ground here every day. When you hire Boots on the Ground, you get a local expert who actually works this market: the neighborhoods, the rental and Section 8 landscape, and what a property really needs.
Site visits, photo and video documentation, property access and utility meet-and-greets, detailed scopes of work, construction bids, and project follow-through — the local presence an out-of-state owner can't create from home. Every visit comes back to you with dated photos, video, and a plain-language written summary, so you see what we see.
A lot of Anthony's work starts with owners whose Detroit investments are underperforming. He assesses what you have, gives you a straight second opinion, and explains what to do to turn it around and stop losing money — and then, if you want, Boots on the Ground does the legwork: the visits, the scopes, the bids, and the follow-through.
Boots on the Ground is a one-stop shop for all your investment needs — full service from start to finish. We help with finding a property, purchasing it, rehabbing it, and then selling it or renting it out — and we're your local team the whole way through.
Need something you don't see on the menu? We build custom packages and custom services around your property and your project — just ask. There's nothing we can't do.
New to investing in Detroit, or already own here and want a second set of eyes on it? The consultation call is free — no charge, no obligation, no sales pitch — just a straight conversation with someone highly qualified who actually works this market.
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We track the positive headlines that matter to real estate investors, plus the rate and loan news that changes what a deal pencils at. Here are the latest — the full digest is on the News page.
The average 30-year fixed rate fell to 7.08% APR, down 20 basis points in a day and the lowest daily average in a month, as investors moved into bonds — cheaper borrowing that can reopen deals that did not pencil at higher rates.
Read the story →As of October 23, DSCR rates for residential investment properties generally start at 7.375% for top-tier scenarios, with well-qualified investors (740 credit score, 75% LTV) pricing in the mid-6% range — and the loan qualifies on the property's rent, not personal income.
Read the story →Detroit active listings rose 13.0% year over year to 12,050 in September 2026 while the median list price held essentially flat at $274,950 — far below the $419,250 national median — and 21.5% of listings carried a price cut, giving buyers more choice and negotiating leverage.
Read the story →We're based in Detroit and cover the city and nearby suburbs. Have a property a little further out? Ask — if we can get there, we will. Most of our clients invest from out of state — wherever you are, we can be your Detroit team.