The Chicago Neighborhood Initiative has rehabbed a decent amount of homes on Champlain and Langley, and 30 more distressed assets will be coming alive shortly, so there is progress - https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/doh/provdrs/housing_resources/news/2020/july/city-grant-approved-to-restore-30-historic-pulman-rowhouses.htmlYou are right, inventory is extremely rare down there as it's tight-knit, not a lot of trading, and when it does, owners tend to trade with each other.

I too own a property management company, we have used Servpro before and many other restoration companies.

Im looking to actually purchase this properties from the homeowners before they hit the auction restore them and flip them.

Real estate has been my dream since a youngin restoring properties for practically no pay.

I flip fire-damaged properties and own a fire damage restoration company.

I have always wanted to restore an old house ,so we bought it, Cash for 9000.00 How did you finance this deal?

A lot of money had to be spent to restore water service as it was difficult to trace what was cut and identify all the breaks. 

Quotes are for remediation but not restoration.

I flip fire-damaged properties and own a fire restoration company.

The house across the street from my current rental is being restored and I've lived here 6 months now.