The County Chair, Jeff Brower, is a good one to reach out to to express your interest.

Guys,  when you have interested renters do your run checks (credit/background) before a tour of the property or do you typically do it once they have viewed and express interest in moving fwd?

The expressions, "you get what you pay for", and "you don't know what you don't know", really apply here. 

It's the end of the line for the West Coast Express (commuter rail to downtown Vancouver).

The capitalization rate of an investment can be calculated by dividing the property's net operating income (NOI) by the current market value or acquisition cost of a property - expressed in the following formula: Cap Rate = Net Operating Income / Current Market Value " Chicago Cap Rate Analysis Please keep in mind this is a high level analysis.It should give you a ballpark idea of cap rates in the various Chicago neighborhoods.But some assumptions were made for this analysis.For example, to determine the net income for a property, I assumed it would be 50% of the Gross Rental Income.

Tonight I am meeting w a wealthy family member who has already expressed interest in lending money to me for my first deal.

American Express (and Rocket mortgage) is currently doing a promotion where they give $2k back for refinance and they are offering me 3.25% for a 15yr.

You may want to try one of those credit score prediction tools - I know I am offered one through Capital One and American Express - if you have any cards that offer free credit score they may also have a tool like that.

Also I would talk to the broker and express your need for guidance at the beginning of your career. 

Has probably heard it before.He hadn't even seen the ad so I asked him if he ever heard of the sales expression, seeing when you throw it, how much s**t sticks to the wall.