Your comments as a relative newcomer but with two behind you is fresh and very helpful.

Persons who take possession of real property (the property in question happened to be a store building) without consent of the owner are deemed to be tenants by sufferance, and will be required to pay reasonable rent for the time they actually occupied the premises.”

We have a property in Chicago, Portage Park area that we are interested in rezoning and developing into a multi-use property with 3 commercial stores on ground level and 9 residential above.  

I have family members, friends, and even a next store neighbor who are RE investors.First, my dad.

there a a difference between "Investing" and " Gambling"....Sometimes its black and white.... sometimes its a gradient.I dont have a tolerance for gambling or loss.And I have a HUGE intolerance for business plans that include exit strategies of  Buy High and hope/wait for appreciation  or Bankruptcy, or Buy High sell Higher to a Newbie, the local grocery store, hardware store, xxx retail store ( you fill in the blanks)...

They sell them at the big box stores.

So for you it might mean opening a different type of credit card if you find the box stores are messing around with you because a limit like I’ve got won’t get you very far with a whole house renovation.

Might be a better card if you get a big kickback at the furniture store and you need more stuff, or travel a lot.  

I wanted to reach out and see if anybody on here is familiar with any Wholesaling firms/investors in the El Paso area that is possibly looking around for some fresh, young candidates like myself.

We have soils here that contribute to uneven floors and foundations, and yes @Carolyn McBride you can relatively simply jack the house up and reestablish fresh contact points for the home on the foundation.