Personally, I think that there is very little that my kid could do at a young age that would result in me wanting to pay a minimum wage rate for the work.That said, there are opportunities for a young baby/child to 'earn' income such as if they are used in advertising for the business. 

The more experience I can get under my belt, the more I'm likely to earn as a contractor/real estate agent, the ability to parlay my experiences.

I would add, when you did the inspection, the gas should have been turned on to get a proper full inspection, and at that time you would have found out about the problems when the gas company says they can't turn it on for the inspection.I would wager that the cost to get everything vented and make gas company happy is <$1000 and perhaps <$500.

Like taking the profits from your residuals and parlaying them to other investment avenues.

I'll wager most of your detractors on this particular dear are pissed that they didn't get it.

I love the real estate investing world and hope to parlay the sales career into commercial investment.  

Pets smell" lol I would like to make a very high wager with you.

However, Chicago has over 200 neighborhoods and 100 + suburbs - some of which are experiencing great positive economic and population swings and others that are swaying the wrong direction parlayed with a lot of future unknowns.  

Pros: lower base interest rates, lower adjusted monthly payments, lower loan costs, HELOC applications costs are minor, not paying interest until the money is used for that next investment.2) Cash out refi on all 3 properties - Cons: higher base % rates, higher loan costs, similar monthly payments, Pros: fistfuls of cash to parlay into the next deal3) 1st Lien HELOC - buy out the current loans balances with a HELOC with 1st lien - Pros: Even lower loan costs ($10-$15k less!)

I then had the choice of "repeating," or parlaying into a couple of syndications, doing a flip, or putting a downpayment down on a small apartment.