I took a picture of the hours for my own reference and get chastised by the employee for taking a photo, which is "not allowed at government facilities"....Enough of the rant,  fellow Illinoisans or else where any tips on how to work on government time while trying to hit closing deadlines. 

Which would you recommend?

Any recommendations on who can do the reno? 

My recommendation is for your first MTR to get something that would be a decent LTR, this way you have a fallback strategy.

Welcome to the community and be ready for a huge amount of information at your finger tips.

Any tips or tools for evaluating the local market would be greatly appreciated.

At the current scenario, without knowing anything about you or your properties I will recommend either to look at a loan from your assets using DSCR loan.

Feel free to ask if you’d like more tips on what to look for in a PM. 

With the numerous investors on this forum they have done this to, it is probably just the tip of the iceberg. 

Welcome to the community and be ready for a huge amount of information at your finger tips.