There are a few large buildings on the market owned by the same owner that are fully priced with no movement to little movement on sale price.When refinancing, the banks/appraisers usually undercut your value to be conservative.

It seems there is a movement of potential buyers / renters flooding out of Illinois (as my wife and I did) due to the escalating taxes and cost of living in general. 

UNLESS you think there is still chance for some strong upward movement in value..

Awesome, congrats on your first flip. let's continue the movement with the great lessons learned.

The house clearly had some "settling", the price was low for the market, and the house was 50+ years old, so even though there was clearly some foundation movement "in the past", it was a solid purchase. 

Learn more about the FIRE movement for motivation on this. - don’t go into massive amounts of debt to get a degree; work your tail off to earn income to pay for your schooling, seek out financial aid, scholarships.

Ten years ago 100$ a door worked  in non appreciating or areas with historic pricing that really never moves  IE local investors all back into the deals the same.. 100. a door never really worked.. you one bad turnover or a few months skipped rent or eviction from going negative.. and if there is no upward movement in value and I mean REAL appreciation not just 3% a year on 50k home  that's a whopping 1,500  which you would never realize. 

I called 8 of them today and NOT one answered the phone and more glaringly one of them the number did not work.Just a gentle suggestion for those starting out at least and or until you have enough deal flow.. but I highly recommend you answer live.and of course double check that your phone is working.. 

I try to be a part of big enterprises that can also withstand movements in demand and that are affected by national and international relationships, subject to competition, and are a part of world markets.

It's none of your f'ing business" is what I'd want to say (and likely would, to my own determent) Cody, its not some government individual who's making the decision regarding the "vetting" of international currency movement.