While market selection is one of the most important parts of your investing journey, it doesn’t have to be intimidating.

Chicago has a TON of small multifamily available, so select your property carefully.

It'll make landlords increase their minimum standards and become more picky with selecting tenants.

They set up the process as a preliminary ‘interview’ and then if you get the first screener’s ‘recommendation,’ you move on to a 2+-hour ‘interview’ with the ‘director’ to ‘dive deeper and see if you’re a good fit’ because ‘Phil is very selective’—so selective, in fact, that ‘less than 1% of applicants are accepted to join.’

Go with a duplex, but be a bit more selective with how you're picking it. 

The property is in FEMA Shaded X flood zone and on high ground but surrounded by wetlands/swamp far from any main bodies of water.I'd like to hire someone to look at the property and tell me if the wetlands are going to help mitigate, or make worse, future flooding events.

My understanding in this matter, there are several options for selecting the home basis for a cost segregation study:A.

All you have to do is copy in your Airbnb URL, select a template that you like, and start sharing around your new, bookable website.

Is it outlined how many contractors they will get bids from before selecting one?   

Lots of options but you will want to select a sponsor with a track record and an investment you are comfortable with.Make sure to do lots of due diligence