What types of real estate investment strategies are you most excited to explore?

They learn after a while not to bother me with trivial junk which is what most tenant issues consists of with "needy" types.

and its a combination of every type of thing.. 

There's a lot of people in your boat, and likely will band together to get some type of reform.

I've even heard of GCs using auction type settings for returned items at Home Depot and Lowes for steep discounts.I've learned a lot about the GC game as I was up close to over 40 projects last two years and some went well and some did not and when they did not it was all Contractor related.If a GC isn't sourcing cheap materials at the same time milking the hell out of his 150-200 per day workers, then you can find yourself eating into your margins real fast. 

Do you have an idea of the type of properties you want to invest in?

It really just depends on what types of travelers you're attracting to your units.

Even if the rate was 0%, that is not the type of investment I seek.  

Determine what type of real estate purchase is best suited to you- multi-family rentals?

IF you were to renovate a non-conforming unit, that unit would now need to be brought up to code.When or if you rent out the unit, you, of course, run the risk of the tenant calling the city and saying the property isn't up to code, which would, in turn, cause an inspection by the city and likely result in some violations that would require you to bring the unit up to code.These types of units are ALL OVER the city of Chicago and be rented out on a daily basis, but there is still clear risk associated with renting them out.