Are you looking to make being a chicago real estate agent your full time job or just a side gig while continuing to work full time? 

Knowing your current state comps is a great place to start and a real estate agent can help pull those figures quickly. 

(this has happened to me before here in Florida) Once you get more info from the agents you can hone in on which area you need to focus on. 

Can anyone suggest and agent or property manager that can help me with this?

However, as an agent in all of this you need to disclose on the front end that you are an agent. 1.

Trusting what the franchise tells you is foolish.I can tell you this: there are companies selling leads to real estate agents all the time.

Would it be wise to use a HELOC on our current residence to use for a down payment on a new propertyHi David, as someone who works with a lot of OOS investors, I would let you know that most of the clients I work with have never physically visited when buying their first investment property - the most important thing is working with a great investor agent and doing proper due diligence.

I have known Matt for nearly 5 years and he completed a good, clean, and very appealing PPM for me.

Particularly looking for an investor friendly agent able to take on house hacking clients in NYC and LI

As agents we tend to feel the pulse of the market shifting before the data hits the newsstands.