California charges a minimum tax of $800 a year per LLC, and more if you have gross receipts in excess of $250k.

.$25000 seems excessive for repairs.

With the north side of Chicago as my market, I think duplexes and 3-flats are what I'm mostly going to be looking at.

At the end of the day, I do see a value in the general education side of many of these guru's, but education, if that is all they are providing without actually helping get your business off the ground, is only worth a flat fee, and it is not $540k, as you not this group is asking for.  

Bids ranged from $912 (labor only) to $2,800 – well in excess of the $500 legal limit.

I got the whole house re-piped and  intend to cover the excess usage due to the leak.

Most traffic will be on Zillow or MLS.I would try Zillow first, if not enough interest I would do a flat fee MLS listing.FB groups national and local for STR's would be another free place to advertise.

A Heloc is a debt burden and add an extra tradeline to your credit which can cause higher DTI and excessive trade lines can drop scores.

California charges a minimum tax of $800 a year per LLC, and more if you have gross receipts in excess of $250k.

Whether it is flat fee or percentage, the seller is going in know what they will be paying to sell the asset and factoring that into their asking price.