My first bet of advise to you is to read Gary Keller's The Millionaire Real Estate Investor.

@Ama Roberts Sounds like house hacking might be your best bet.

Structuring the deal properly (like through a land trust) can reduce this risk.Your best bet is to connect with an Illinois investor who has successfully done sub-to deals or find a local real estate attorney who specializes in creative finance.

I think you give far to much credit to RE agents.. there is no way they themselves manipulate the market.. might be some bigger players but the average agents its not in their playbook. 

Probably your best bet will be to do a joint venture with an equity partner.

The equities side is actually a hedge; you're really 67%-80% betting on debt. 

Not saying it's a sure bet if you do the above.

Hi, Are all big players selling off RE and keeping them cash ready? 

Yes the Class feature Cost a bit extra which is a bummer bet the support for it is amazing, and it is easy to allow access for Tax Accountants to pull the reports they need rather than my clients playing middleman. 

I have not tried to use the debit card at a ATM for cash withdraws, but I bet there will be fees, so I probably will just us my old ATMs.I have noticed that their website is a little clunkier than Bank of America.