I was in Quad Cities some time back on "field trip" finalizing launch of acquisition program in market and it hit me how significant some of the homes were.

We're close to many parks (large and smaller), the Lake, Chicago River, transportation, restaurants, shops, groceries, Soldier Field, and a variety of hospitals and universities.My MTR (a private bedroom and bathroom in my 2 bed 2 bath apartment rental where I presently live) does extremely well.

- My area of expertise is within the field of architecture and construction.

An activity is a personal service activity if it involves the performance of personal services in the fields of health (including veterinary services), law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, consulting, or any other trade or business in which capital isn’t a material income-producing factor.7.

What might help you for the next attempt is to read (BP's book written by yours truly--The Hands Off Investor), and network (join a community where investors discuss deals, trade advice and observations--coming soon will be Passive Pockets, an offshoot of BiggerPockets which recently acquired the popular passive investing group Left Field Investors).

Dave Del Gotto, Tony Hoffman, Tom Vu and of course Carlton Sheets dominate the after midnight VHS stations and secondary cable stations1996 - First professional seminar company out of Salt Lake City enters the field hiring a professional actor to front as the guru.  

Yes, the landlord laws may not be as friendly, but maybe I could just be really stringent when fielding tenants?

I drove through some community and like a after war field. 

In retrospect, I wish I had been a bit more patient and pursued a multi-family option to take advantage of house hacking.As a newcomer to this field, I’ve been following the BiggerPockets forums and podcast for quite some time now.

There's a field for minimum stay.