Hi all.  I have a friend who is on an unpaid leave of absence from their day job.  They want to invest in an apartment building, but don't have an income during their 3 month leave.  Does anyone know what funding sour...

If they are good reliable tenants, they will get caught back up

Networking in Chicago - where/how did you find a reliable contractor/handyman/other key players?  

I know that the property management it's not a primary consideration but I share it with you cause I have a very good and reliable team in Orlando so I'm sure they will save me a lot of money if they will take care of the properties.I'll be happy to get advices and detail info from a local investors in those cities. please be specific including neighborhood names or zip codes where you think will be the best to put the money in. 

Ex: Credit score 625 or above.Income 2 to 3 times the rentJob verificaton current paycheck for last 4 weeks.Occupancy,, limit occupancy in unit / house ,, the total number of people can't exceed that number.Criminal,, no felonies..Valid Social Security NumberNo CosignersRental verification from previous landlord.No prior evictionsSample list.. separate application for all people in apartment,, combined income must equal the 2 to 3 times the rent.. 

Is applying sort of like a condensed version of a mortgage process (tax, income verification, etc?)

My friend gets it installed and heads off to the airport (I flew him out from Seattle and paid him hourly since I’m still building my list of reliable contractors).

As far as the stock market goes your money is at significantly more risk than a savings account and it is very volatile in the short term however over long term (10+ years) low cost index funds have proved themselves reliable, unfortunately this isn't a feasible time frame if you are saving for a down payment in most cases.

Can someone help me out with understanding this.  I come across many properties where the owner listed in Mass Land Records is not the same listed as the owner in the Tax Assessor's office.  Why is this? How do I veri...

I am by no means an expert but the skillet I'd use to find a reliable TK company are similar to what I'd use for finding the PM and the RE agent.