@Matt Powers there are endless possibilities and combinations of how you could approach this opportunity.

Every landlord in Chicago needs to watch this!

Welcome to BiggerPockets, Marc!

Imagine you make $100k and you are affected by 3 tax brackets.0-33k =-33K 0%33,001-66k 10%66,001 - 100k 20%You can take $100k in deductions this year and pay zero taxes, for one year and then $10,100 for for 2 years  ($20,200 total)You can take 67k in deductions this year and pay zero taxes for a year, take 33k the second year and pay $6,800 year two and $10,100 year 3. ($16,900 total)You can take 33k each year and pay $3,300 in taxes all 3 years. ($9,900 total)Obviously this is simplified but unless you expect to make much less and be in a lower tax bracket in the future those deductions could come in handy.

@Andrae S Wiggins recommend you upgrade your BP membership to Pro to access the BP Calculators to evaluate rental purchases.Play with the numbers to figure out the purchase price that gives you your target ROI.That's the number you'll need to make an offer at, NOT what the seller is asking.Yes, you will get a lot of rejects, but whoever said investing was easy?

But perhaps you would be better served helping a local experienced investor find deals and ask them to show you exactly how they analyze deals, what's good vs bad, how do they finance (debt vs equity) etc etc and understand their business model that has a proven track record by providing value to them.

Hi Ken, welcome to the community! 

@Zach Howard I am working on a how-to book on Creative Financing now (I am the author of BP's book on Mid Term Rentals) because when I was teaching myself I was frustrated at the lack of clear instruction.

It is our goal to provide all the tools, resources, education & coaching any individual needs to learn how to build a sustainable investment portfolio to achieve financial independence & generational wealth through real estate investing.It should be noted, that while the Academy is not a requirement to invest with RTR, the individuals that do join the Academy are much more successful long term since they have spent time to clearly develop their own individual investment strategy & plan!

How do you know what areas co-living could work?