I would also encourage you to get involved in networking groups in the Chicagoland area as well as listen to the straight up Chicago investor podcast.

Did you ever have to get a lawyer involved or did it not go that far?

Steps involved:1.

Steps 2 & 3 would be the main contributions of a Civil Engineer who is involved. 

This usually involves hiring a snow removal service or having a clear policy for who is responsible for clearing snow.### Heating and Air Conditioning Common AreasFor a property like yours with a hallway, staircase, and basement laundry area, it's not always necessary to heat or air condition these common areas.

This may not be a worthwhile pursuit if you don't fall under that category because there is some added risk involved.4.

The full circle of this would be paying vendors, employees, taxes, accepting payment all in crypto/facebook/bitcoin/form perhaps and without an actual bank involved. 

Thus, I am interested in suburban space near major cities, not the downtown inventory that is trading for pennies on the dollar, but often involve massive office complexes that will have huge holding costs until they get leased up. 

Yes, getting sued is a risk factor and I've been involved with frivolous lawsuits which are not fun, but in my opinion you'd be in a much better spot owning a property in your personal name that let's you keep an extra 10-20% of the purchase price in your pocket as emergency funds, as opposed to buying the loan under an LLC that requires every last penny you might have to make the higher down payment, then you have to operate on a shoestring.

Who is Bob Stevens AKA Bob Prisco and what's his involvement in Cleveland?