Find motivation and desire and you will always find opportunity.When you discover creative real estate tactics, you don't worry too much about these monstrous companies as they tend to have one tool to rely on... throw money at it.

Also, just my .02 cents, if you are relying on an LLC for liability protection then you are under insured.

You need to make a good faith effort to find a new tenant or the current tenant could easily argue against paying the rent for the entire lease, you should find the tenant, do not rely on them to find a subleaser.

Downsides - will be totally disruptive to our lives to build, we would be relying on Airbnb as a strategy, which many people advise against. 

*None of this post is to be relied upon. 

But relying on either of those to tell you the truth about a property is dangerous.

Even if we waited a few years, that's not an ideal way to buy a home in my opinion; it's optimal to be able to buy cash without the requirement of selling your existing home and relying on the buyer's financing coming through. 

You can never rely on tenants to not do things that might irreversibly alter something in the home.

No one has yet responded that operates in IL therefor no advice you have received can be relied upon without verification.

I can't fix worth nothing- so I need to rely on rehabbers.