Hey William, what about adding another partner that has experience doing larger deals? 

As the 3rd largest MSA in the country it's hard to generalize the Chicago market as it's actually over 100 different submarkets when counting the 78 communities in Chicago property and then adding in the various suburbs, including in and around Naperville. 

PPC and paid-ads for larger companies

Yes we were successful winning bidding wars 3 months ago using the family postcard technique;) Basically, we added a cute picture of our family along with our offers (which were based on conventional financing) and our “humanity” made us win over the cash offers.

Hello Emira, Flipping can be very lucrative and good way to invest ad get the most ROI from your investment in a short period of time.

A service similar to Google Voice? 

Turns out google IS your friend…Four states – California, Oregon, Montana, and Massachusetts – have what's known as clawback provisions.

Improvements are added to the basis and can be later depreciated.Improvements that qualify as QIP, make improvements you make and rent it out.

What counts most in RE are relationships, and this is as easy as going to RE meetups and adding every day just 1 new contact in your CRM, and following up every other month.  

@Ad Prad — I’ll send you a DM with my contact information.Continued success!