@Trevor Aydelott it was a joke, but the sooner you realize that Realtors are professionals, just like every other field, the sooner you can come to terms with them behaving just like every other professional out there.

@Joe Splitrock I'll use short sentences since you seem to be having trouble understanding.

Let me know if you want some recommendations on these or about investing in markets that would allow you to scale up easier based on your resources. 1st step would be having a discussion with a 401(k) custodian to make sure this would be a good option for you to establish this account.Hope this helps!

Read some of the disclosures from the Panama papers to see how the truly rich behave.

Even though interest still doesn’t carry over from month to month — and if you skip a payment, you are not charged more interest the next month — the loan no longer behaves like a simple interest loan.Doubling the interest rate more than doubles the total interest over the life of the loan.

Read the contract to learn how each party should behave.

You may be best off looking for a 2 flat that you could owner occupy at a break even or similar cost to you as a renter as a househack for a few years if the buy box is going to be having the Rogers Park vibe/amenities.

From my experience, if an engineer is going to put his seal (his career and liability) on the line, the engineer will want to see how the foundation behaves over time given different conditions (i.e. after wet and dry spells).

My main concern with a break even would be having the reserves for any capx items that may come about after purchase of the property.

Unfortunately, I only have family in the 2 most expensive markets (LA & NYC) so I will be having to do this solo and in a place where I don't know anyone.