This is the precise reason why cash-for-keys is almost always better, especially in Cook County.

I remember seeing you play ball a few years back.

-Just a ball park figure :) p.s. keep us posted about the deal you currently have in the works lol. 

Thanks @Will Barnard, a ball park is what I am looking for... for estimation purposes on a business plan.

@Timothy Murphy III Precisely!  

So my first thought is well if you dont sell now it will only be a bigger nightmare, we need to get the ball rolling since we have already lost alot of time, we need to get the application into the HOA ASAP while we extend the closing date.

That, sort of, got the ball rolling for me, though.

The first thing I would do in your shoes is call the PM company and get somebody to explain to you how they justify $200 to replace an air filter.I've never seen anything this egregious, but this is precisely why I do not use a PM company.  

We don't have a crystal ball to know that a tenant with no prior evictions and a solid job history would suddenly be laid-off and turn to alcohol and stop paying their rent.

Hey, I got 30+ comments and 10 or so direct messages of interest in my first apartment, an owner occupied duplex. On one hand, the unit is coming off being occupied by smokers, so its not a taj mahal, on the other han...