The one habit that changed my life was contemplating how every dollar could create another dollar instead of a consumable purchase.

One of the first off-market deals I landed was a property I heard about through a referral. The owner was an older gentleman who wanted to sell quickly without the hassle of listing, showings, and back-and-forth offer...

I have 200k their asking 800k nd dome change.

Hi Jordi, The conditions of city neighborhoods have not changed much from opinions previously stated on this thread by my fellow local investors.

You’ve got this—one deal can change everything!

If you are limited to those areas for residency, and you choose to keep that job, you are going to have to either a) wait for a couple years and save up a heftier down-payment, b) change your strategy like you said and go for houses further away (do flips, STR or BRRR).Or, if you are sold on the house-hack concept, at some point you might have to look at a different job that allows you to move where house-hacking will work....

Hopefully you can show where he didn't honor the agreement that cost changes had to be approved...hopefully that approval was supposed to be in writing.

We just went through a rent increase on one of mine and I'm moving it over to a property manager and getting payments changed over has been a process.

Maybe that will change.

Plus, we revise the vision yearly at QB, our Chicago General Contracting Business, because it is constantly changing, and it's not my vision...It's the business's vision.You can do a business vision or a personal vision.