New Investor in West Chicago Suburbs (Fox Valley)

[Larry Green]

Hello BP Community,

My name is Larry and I've been a lurker for a while, but ready to take the plunge into real estate investing. I'm looking for rental units in the Fox Valley area (currently have my eyes on a potential house hack to get out of our current apartment rental). Looking for any and all advice about the area!

I've lived here my whole life, but my one concern is the long term prospects of Illinois which has me considering looking out of state, but that is also a headache (currently reading Long Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene to get over that fear if the chicagoland area turns out not to be viable for a newbie).

Anyways, hello again, and I'm very excited to get off the couch and into this exciting world.