While the "type" of neighborhood can sometimes make tenant approval criteria a little more flexible, we always try to avoid making desperate decisions that could lead to future evictions.The rise in evictions that you're seeing could be partly due to landlords lowering their standards to fill units quickly, which might lead to issues down the road with tenants who can't pay rent consistently or have a history of instability.

I was never licensed and never wanted a license.I don't like being held to a "higher standard" lolIt's cool being able to tell Wise that he is a wanker and not get in trouble by the division of real estate for doing so haha.Also, you can market and sell what you own without having a license.PM is a different story and as you mentioned mate, an officer of the company has to be a broker in order to satisfy the division of real estate.We are actually double d#$%ing and have two brokers as officers as the division didn't like that our broker was in Florida so now we had to get one in Toledo also.If only I was a whistle blower, could make a nice buck as I know of at least 2,000 units illegally managed in town by folks without a license or broker.🤷‍♂️ thats why we worked together on deals..  

Do I need to contact the city of Chicago to have the water shut off or is this something I can do myself? 

But they use high level tech....pre screen, self showings, and the 1225 is the standard fee for first month lease up services including them drafting and getting tenant to sign lease..

From, "someone ate my food" to "someone takes long showers and uses up all the hot water" and even arguements over parking spots.Who wants to handle all that extra nonsense for "free"?

Most of your issues sound water related.

There are some great deals up in Pensacola where you still buy a 2/2 on the water with a boat slip. 

. - Evidence of water damage in the basement. 

What is the cost of an HVAC system vs. a heat pump vs. forced hot water vs. baseboard and what is the cost to the tenant? 

Usually as long as their are no life threatening issues (no HVAC, windows won't open, no hot water), the housing authority will began to pay the rent and give you time to address the required repairs.