It's good to meet another born and raised Chicagoan in the forums.I've found that the best thing is to stick to what you know, in terms of the areas and the types of projects you work on.

Depending on amount of capital raised, these costs may be de minimus, but they are real costs that are being incurred somewhere, and in a common syndication (or as Spark calls it "co-investment"), they typically are born by the investors (you).  

They should say, no, I will do it for you in hopes to get business.Technically, I have been working with contractors since I was born.

Hello, born and raised in Gary.

Rgds  It was always interesting when out of state folks visit Toledo and would say our B class is there "Z class" lolI guess being born with a silver spoon causes such a judgement.But it is what it is.Toledo's "B class" has IMO been lower priced with higher cashflow than in pretty much any other market in the Midwest.Won't steal Andrew's thunder here but some decent zip codes to consider on a "street by street" basis are 43609, 43610 and 43620.Wouldn't have touched them back in the day but have been finding some decent pockets lately.43612 and 43613 is "creme de la creme" for full market value.It's a hard gig getting anything under market value nowadays.Much success 🙏👍

Flagstaff is beautiful, but cold in the winter with a lot of snow (it dumps and then melts & re-freezes - watch out for black ice), is mainly a college town, and is very cliquey (if you were not born and raised there, you will always be considered an outsider by the locals). 

I'm just "starting" my investment journey in Toledo so still learning about the different asset classes haha 🙈It all depends how people are born and bread IMO.Some with a silver spoon and others with a Makita cordless drill 😁I'm sure many folks on the East and West Coast would consider all of Toledo as "Z Class".Current rents are under market.6 unit is located in Point Place which in my "blue collar working class guy" opinion is a solid A class area for Toledo standards.I'm sure the humble folk in Toledo consider what you will find in the images as "A class" due to heavy influx of homeowners.Much success 🙏

I am from KCK born and raised and work for the fire department currently.

If that site is done right, they click again, maybe input info, maybe call, and a lead is born.... 

@Dimitris VainasNice man, I was born in Athens.