Who gets blamed for and/or has to handle the following unique to nonfamily roommates:1) Missing personal possessions?

The repair was extensive and costly, requiring excavation (about 3x6 feet) to replace the broken section and clean up the mess.

You'll learn a lesson or two and it helps you come up with specific questions.  

House hacking can certainly be a great way to build equity and reduce living expenses, but it’s essential to have a cushion in case your rental income doesn’t come in as expected or renovations take longer than planned.

Cozy was "good enough" for awhile but the lack of a mobile app and multiple tenants having issues setting up payments, etc caused me to look elsewhere.  

This is a question that has come up a million times and will continue coming up forever in Chicago unless eventually things change one way or another.

You deserved two of them for your AL stand-up routine. 

The balanced owed on the property is about 97K. 

I have some cash, but likely not enough to fund a purchase without bank financing, and especially not when factoring extensive rehab costs into the equation (may need to up my knowledge on creative financing to bridge this).

These cities literally helped build up this country and our economy and I will never understand how much negativity they receive for fighting through adversity and playing the cards they're dealt!