I had a note offering like your talking about and my state said i needed a formal Offering as the Howey test decision dictated..

Start from pre-K and they should be exposed to it EVERY year of their formal education (as it may be absent in the home).

If you buy your relative’s house for $130k-$140k and put in $10k of updates, make sure to get a Broker Price Opinion (BPO) and/or a formal appraisal to show its true value.

I know you're looking to buy in the suburbs but I created a Chicago House Hacking Guide and the principles are overall the same.You won't find $100k SFHs in most suburbs around Chicago except the south suburbs close to the Indiana border.

We have an initiative called Eviction Free Milwaukee - sounds like a great idea, because evictions are a lose-lose for investors and renters nobody wants evictions.Most evictions are because of non-payment, but instead of helping with rent payments the majority of the funds goes to free attorneys (rookies usually) trying to stop eviction cases on formalities.

It may also help to show a formal contractor bid with a dollar amount to fix the violations to justify the amount of your OWN MONEY you are asking for.  

Immediately, have them sign a month-to-month lease to formalize your relationship and set basic terms.

She sent me this long formal letter asking me to change her annual lease to month to month because she is seeing roaches in the unit.  

A lot of people choose to buy just over the border in Indiana (Hammond, Dyer, Munster, Gary, East Chicago).

If theoretically transported across the Northern or Southern Oregon borders, the same property would likely be many multiples of current Oregon asking prices.