My business partner does a lot of work for UB property owners and shares some pretty rough stories with me.

.)— Please share!

The people who share my mentality are few and far between.

But because the seller won't share my offer to the seller, me nor the agent knows what the seller wants.

I'll show up here again to share how the story ends.

The GC and the sub ended up sharing in the cost mostly (I think) because it was better than the finger pointing game that had already started, and realistically the attorney's were the only ones about to win...

I love that you have specific goals for 2025 - I believe if we think it, write it, say it, and share it our goals are 10x more likely to come to fruition.Are you able to do option 2 and just house hack a 2-4 unit building and use a renovation loan which allows you to put down 3.5-5%I highly suggest getting to some local chicago meetup groups (we have an in person one on the 17th)...here is BPs list: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...I also have a full list of the chicago meetups that I can share with you too if that'd be helpful.

Looks like you  may know who does those...please share!

I'm sure OK has its share of dumps but you really have to drive around FL to truly appreciate how much low-cost housing there is.  

Quote from @V.G Jason: Townhouses in shared lots are the new starter homes.