Last resort - if they stop paying you may have to implement, "Cash-for-keys" - an expedited way to get them to move out without waiting for cook county sheriff to arrive/courts to open 6-12 months - GIVE THEM MONEY for a moving truck.

This sounds great, at least I thought it was, but I was not ready to be a teacher, a dad, a worker, a landlord, a cook, and an investor all at the same time.

Cook County is worse than other counties, and Chicago is even worse for the landlords. 

@Gina Cook thanks and congrats! 

Unless they say something like "is your bathtub big enough to cook meth?"

Hey all,How do you estimate property taxes on Cook County properties?

They even stole cheap silverware that I noticed missing after cooking a ramen when I returned to assist with getting it rent ready prior to tenant move in.

Chicago and Cook county are a different universe from down here.

They look like they clean and cook well.

I have pet parrots who are incredibly sensitive to the toxic fumes given off from cooking teflon pans, and am concerned that the ventilation in certain homes may bring my tenants fumes into my own living space.