Chicago VS southern Wisconsin residential investing?

[Patrick Naughton]

Hello everyone!

Super excited for my first post.

I am a young investor looking to buy my first property after two years or credit building and saving.

I’m looking for single family homes to house hack. Then hold as a medium- long term rental. Within 40 minutes of Waukegan.

Question number 1. My surrounding markets are both north Chicago and southern Wisconsin. Can anyone give advice if they have experience with either market? And the good arias they like?

Question number 2. Does anyone have realtors in these arias that they like working with for investors?

I know that’s a lot! Any advice is much appreciated. Done hours of research online and am just looking for some boots on the ground advice to help out a little bit more.

Stay healthy!

Pat

[Michiko Gladman]

I think Kenosha WI which is boarder of Illinois and Wisconsin, lot of people from Illinois moving to that area.  They have a big development going on and there is a big market, Woodland there and Wisconsin, has no food tax so on the weekend they are packed with people from Illinois. (I am away from there for two years so if I give you wrong message sorry!)  Also comparison to the housing price in Illinois, Wisconsin is much better and Kenosha is becoming a kinda part of Chicago I think.