They are a national organization that promotes all kinds of creative real estate deals. 

Does anyone have a recommendation of a national collection agency that is effective?

House hacks are fairly straightforward regardless if the units are separately metered.

If rent is 1500 per unit, well, now you are $6000  (1500 * 4) in deficit right from the start.

I don't see a national rent control law ever coming into law - aside from the fact that there's just no need for it, there's way too many things working against it - Congress, constitutional law, lobbyists, etc.

If they had booked over my blackout 1) their combo would not have worked 2) the police would have been called to evict the vacasa squatter clients.  3) those vacasa guests would likely have left horrendous reviews for Vacasa.Fortunately vacasa knew there was nothing to keep managing the units. 

However what happens when the tenant vacates and now the unit has to be turned over/takes a few months to find a new tenant and during that same period of time the sewer line goes and you get hit with that $15,000 cap ex expense in addition to the vacancy and turn over costs.

Hey fellow suburban Illinois BPers - Not sure if this has been sent/shared previously, but thought it'd be good to recap - Chicago Agent Magazine recently reported that suburban Chicago was ranked the second-hottest rental market in the nation (Here’s the article.).This confirms what a lot of us have seen: demand for rentals is really strong in the suburbs right now.

What seems most attractive for now seems to be multi-family markets starting out and eventually moving into 5-20 unit properties for growth. 

Rent in the neighborhood is $895 for a 2 bedroom, 1 and 1/2 bathroom, so for 4 units it will total up to $3,580 ($1,073 difference).