I know people who have purchased properties for appreciation because some "big company was moving to town and the values were going to skyrocket" or based on some news their buddy told them, who subsequently lost everything when the company plans changed.There are many ways to skin a cat.  

You are correct that Chicago does have a lot of 2-4 unit properties and that is great news for house hackers like yourself.

(you basically defer that cost into the future)Good news: the market is working in your favor.

We are constantly in the news, in the MJS and public opinion is swinging to an anti-landlord sentiment.

We have a big fault line here with quakes every 300 yrs. and it has been about 300 yrs.If highly leveraged then no.Older properties not bolted down so the sliding around would be bad news.

The Brightline project may provide a commuter option in the future (https://www.fox13news.com/news/sun-rail-florida-transportati...).

Thanks Scott Its been reported in the news for the past year, although its hard to find any PR government document that states the details.

Maybe compare stocks to commodities or European stocks or Japanese stocks- something that is more similar in risk and in payout method.

Offline includes doing yellow letters, post cards, bandit signs, news paper ads, etc.There's an abundance of material on BP regarding all the methods I've mentioned, so just type in the search box which method you'd like to learn more about and learn that method really well before trying other forms of marketing. 

,Don't take this the way it sounds, but perhaps you recall a little thing in the news some years back called, "The Great Recession".