Quote from @Daljit Singh: Hi BP, I am currently house hacking a duplex in Union City, NJ, and unfortunately, the tenant stopped paying rent a few months ago. 

We help our clients:1) Find a fixer-upper to buy2) We get bids3) Negotiate a Scope Of Work with the owner using "Maintain to the Neighborhood" to avoid over-improving, but understanding we will have to pass city Rental Inspection to avoid being a slumlord.4) Provide multiple jobsite videos to show progress and document WHAT was done and the QUALITY.5) Handle passing city Rental Inspection6) Find a tenant with a Replacement Guarantee per Class7) Assist with refinance, so client can repeatSo, why you looking OOS again?

According to the City of Chicago tax code, it costs $5.25 per $500 of the transfer price.

@Caleb Johnson one of the reasons the City of Detroit is like the "wild west"!"

Conversely, the number of small-multi family properties being built is a tiny tiny fraction of the number built from the 1950s-1980s in cities like Phoenix and Mesa.

I also talked to the city.

For me personally I will stay out of the city limits for STRs.

Call the town/city hall.

I've rehabbed old downtown buildings in a nearby city to Milwaukee.I'll see how I can assist Stormi.

.- It's impossible, given the daily little decisions that have to be made dealing with tenants, maintenance, paperwork, cities, etc.So, how much control are you really willing to give up?