But yeah there’s municipal dysfunction and high taxes in Wilkinsburg.

FNMA's process and rationale for certain decisions they would make with different properties came across as highly dysfunctional and disjointed.Obviously the property will be ignored by OO buyers.

Here is some Good News about Illinois & Chicago, our dysfunctional state government has not ruined us yet:As a Lender who finances many rehabs across the city and suburbs I can tell you I am financing rehabs for Investors in Englewood and other parts of the south side of Chicago as never before.

Now I am not saying just because a firm has a good looking website you can feel comfortable but surely if they do not have a website, website is under construction(and has been for months), or the website looks like it was slapped together with dysfunctional links you probably should have some immediate sense of precaution!

One of their employees who was asked to step in and help with getting my account back in order, sent me an email saying she was leaving due to the dysfunction in the office and lack of follow-ups and responsibility. 

(you know we are dysfunctional just like a traditional family)I look forward to hearing of your experiences in the build to rent arena.

A BIG red flag for me is a dysfunctional floor plan.

There is a level of dysfunction that keeps people in neighborhoods like that. it usually involves a complete lack of ambition or a leaning towards illegal activity or gaming the system.There's money to be made but you have to understand your tenants. let them paint, check employment history, expect that more people will be moving out than who moved in. know how to leverage high-income season (tax rebates!)

Eventually the city will have to produce non dysfunctional management and I don't know that the city is capable of that.

I'm also reticent to invest in highly dysfunctional neighborhoods because many PMs won't even take on your properties in those areas, so you can end up getting stuck with whatever turnkey company seduced you with their cashflow numbers to begin with.