I will say that what drove me to work at this company is the fact that I truly believe in Connected Investors, the company’s mission, and love how our ecosystem of buyers, sellers, and lenders are all in one place - I understand people on BP are skeptical of Connected Investors so I wanted to respond to this thread and state that we care about each and every one of our members and their success, and are actively working to improve the customer experience and software.

Any advice out there for a newbie on how to buy properties at the lowest price and how to secure financing would be greatly appreciated.Finally, I'm really excited to be part of such a vibrant community of real estate minded people.

What you are buying is an entire apartment syndication eco-system.

With on-the-job training and working professionally within the ecosystem, you'll be in a much better place to take on deal of your own when you're ready.

Consequently, if you’re looking around to network here it’s disproportionately newbie (as an ecosystem) so you’ll get that skew.

I can't figure this out or know enough of the real estate ecosystem in cook county but why hasn't the long eviction process been shortened, especially when it really hits the pockets of landlords?

@Micah LeestmaWelcome to the vibrant BP community.

Vibrant city with solid growth and employment hubs.

Its move in ready after a good cleaning, and maybe some new paint over all the vibrant colors (unless you love "Auburn Orange"). 

That would be the wholesaler... an integral part of the REI ecosystem.