We have a place near us called Cigars International, where you can buy your cigar and smoke it right there in the building while sitting on comfy chairs.

. (: Every lender knows Zillow is crap, plenty of internal email chains making fun of Redfin/Zillow/etc.

It is borderline criminal.

Just closed our 3rd deal of the year, (got two more in the pipeline) started a commercial project, launching more multifamily stuff, and done some very important restructuring of internal roles.Get pumped!

If youre financing, you should be looking at cash on cash return, cash flow and internal rate of return.

And out west here I see Vegas as something that is going to really blossom again.. no state income tax.. get the over flow from CA  weather and sports teams and all other manner of things to do and a great airport so you can get all over the country or go international.

Is it normal to do a criminal back round check on prospective tenants ?   

Insurance, finger print, some times criminal background check and a sponsor whom you wish to pay him under his brokerage. 

Not exactly sure how we compare with other areas in Illinois or even out-of-state but enrollment here is continuing to increase and those students need someplace to live, especially the internationals that are just dishing out money like crazy!

Set a standard for tenants (such as minimum credit score, no past evictions, clean criminal record, etc) and do not sway from this standard.