A couple other neighborhoods I like besides the two you mentioned are Washington Park, Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore.I think that area will continue to be gentrified because you have the lakefront as well as CTA trains.Is there any reason you are targeting Chicago instead ofdoubling down in Kansas City?

My partners & I are flipping in Chattanooga so I hung out there for a couple of days, meeting my contractor and agent for the first time; of course I went by and took at our flip. 

Recently got my Real Estate License and have closed a couple deals there in helping friends buy/sell homes, helps bring in some extra cash.

He was trying to move equty out of a couple of quirky rental units in Portland and funnel that into a multi-family deal down in Phoenix.

Perhaps the numbers will turn out to be much better, but I'd be careful to not let your personal love for the area lure you into an investment that you might someday loathe due to ill performance coupled with management headaches.

A couple months ago i was directed to the bigger pockets podcast by my twin brother Derek.

I bought one in Pinal county a couple of years ago and earned the full 16% interest  (1.33% each month) for 14 months.

A couple of weeks ago, I came across an awesome off-market deal on a hundred-year-old house a few weeks ago and thought all I had to do was renovate it and I would have myself a nice little home to live in long term.

Your credit will only be hit once if the apps are all within a couple weeks, and this will give you the opportunity to make an apples to apples comparison.

I have a nearly couple dozen in the area and my average rent is almost $900.Be careful who you take advice from