I cant count how many things I have to do, nor problems arising daily at the moment, and I over extended myself financially.

Do they not know building costs are going up FAST, the city is adding new expenses daily and home prices are dropping.

Maybe make a point to record the water meter daily at the same time each day.

I'm Andrew Geib, currently I'm working as a lean six sigma engineer based in the Aurora/Naperville area. 1) Favorite real estate book: just picked up Rich Dad Poor Dad for the first time2) Favorite non-real estate book: Freakonomics3) Advice for new investors: seeing as I am a new to real estate, get started now rather than later. 4) Hobbies: cars, I autocross my daily driver whenever I can, I'm resorting a classic mustang, and I frequently go to car shows all across Chicagoland. 

No matter how many times I ask it's gotten to a point where I just go over daily and clean up the yard.

I was wondering how much you guys believe it would effect the rental value/appeal if I was to live in the basement and keep the connecting door locked (or even removed if that won't raise zoning problems) and just use a door to the backyard/side of the house to enter/exit daily. 

I ask my team daily how can we innovate ahead of the curve.

It's not my cup of tea, but I'm sure certain people do great with it.There are a lot of upcoming areas in Philly that I think will be safer and easier to start with... then you can always decide where to go from there.

I'm hoping to find an area for about $400-$500 SFR as a weekend getaway from hustle and bustle of the city life.Note: Weekend home only so daily commute should not be a huge factor.Any advice?

Once decided that they are interested in selling a property subject-to the existing mortgage have them stay in contact with you daily with updates keeping the motivation high.