The combination of families looking for more space, good schools, and a quieter lifestyle has been a big driver of demand.For my investments, I’ve noticed:High tenant quality: Families or professionals relocating to suburbs like Naperville and Wheaton tend to stay longer, which helps with stability.Increased competition: It’s definitely tougher to find good deals, especially in top-tier school districts.

To me the biggest takeaway is that as real estate professionals, we always talk about location, location, location.

Stay professional in all communication.

Facebook is the last place you want to find private money. whats unfortunate is real estate professionals are still advertising to us newbies Facebook is the place to find the lender.What’s even more unfortunate, @April Smalls, is that newbies are falling for it.A few years ago, someone created a fake website that impersonated our company.

Seriously though, if you haven't already get your self a solid real estate-focused tax professional in your corner.

In neighborhood it is very important to present your self to the home owner next to you, this helps a lot to prevent misunderstandings. also this shows your professionalism.

Many are focusing on placing long-term residents in properties to pay down the mortgage while leveraging a professional team for hands-free management.

This doesn't come cheap--these folks were making high six to seven figures depending on volume.We focused on lending to professional real estate investors--so our customers were frequent repeat borrowers. 

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Someone paid to run the prints, and it turned out that the individual in question was not whom he claimed to be; he was an unsuccessful professional actor; his experience was completely fabricated, and the “deals” that made up his “track record” were someone else’s.