The main disadvantage of the tax foreclosure auction is that you will be competing with other investors for the property. 

I mainly use spreadsheet and QuickBooks for my real estate clients.

The main floor shown below is roughly 1150 sqft.

Lender wise talk to @Zack Karp or @Jose Valdovinos...all of those folks work mainly with invetors and have a great pulse on the Chicago market.

When I search properties mainly in Punta Cana I always run into sites where condos are in development and have about 1 - 2 years till completion.

Total still owed $13,600 (rent, late fees, legal fees) and $550 for the locksmith.Place reeks of pot, she had her adult son, who by the paystubs left behind only made $152 a month and spent his days laying on the couch (which reeked of pot) smoking and playing x-box (abandoned and power supply cut up). 

Some investors find success doing mainly MTR and open up some dates for STR in between contracts.

@George Bell my LLC's do two main things:1) Hide my identity, so tenants can't easily find me. 2) Separate my business and personal assets, income & expenses, not so much for tax purposes, but to avoid IRS issues.-- Just audited by IRS this summer for first time ever and had no issues!

I have no plans to invest in here.In Midways I'm investing mainly in OH but I'm thinking of other cities/states around Lake Erie.How about you?

IMHO, the main issue with what you described is that the disposition of the DST property, may not coincide with your next upleg acquisition.