Currently, my interests are Indianapolis and Louisville (though I would welcome other suggestions). 

My father became interested in real estate investing, and rather than my tutoring him, I suggested he take the Nickerson - Lowery course/workshops.  

I would suggest looking at Alamance county. 

I would also suggest researching the developer’s experience with similar projects.

I don't know if you've played around with the feature request portal (it's under Help and Support in the top right, then Suggest a Feature).

Just curious on possible strategies or suggestions from anybody currently thats an agent in the Central Illinois or Chicago area.

I would choose the agent who suggested the higher price.

Quote from @Aaron Raffaelli: As the title suggests, I am just starting to enter the REI world.

Many would suggest against RE investing using retirement money but if you go into low risk opportunities it can be a powerful diversification method.

Unless the medical condition meets the state criteria for early termination and that the medical notice does not appear to suggest that, you cannot terminate the lease outright/immediately but that you will begin to market the property for rental and upon securing an acceptable tenant, the lease can be terminated pending a satisfactory property walkthrough indicating no damages.