Shawn is actually CC'd on all my correspondence with Mimi, so he's definitely aware of the issues.

This severely subpar customer service, lack of timely correspondence and initiative from Alan Kirkham should be unacceptable for a company that claims to be top notch and superior to all other CPA / tax advising firms and charges clients a ridiculous $25k fee for their 'all-inclusive services'.

Those funds spent with the corresponding improvements completed will qualify for tax-deferred exchange treatment and those that aren't will be considered taxable boot.

I have waaaay more debt than you and have to deal with inevitable corresponding challenges, but sleep well:)

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.

I don't know how IL laws are but I think in most places a local municipality can only charge a fee to provide a service and the cost of the fee must roughly correspond to the work involved in providing the service.

--So, S8 doesn't solve everything and has its own challengesRead more below (copy & paste):Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

While its true that mortgage rates don't correspond directly to the fed rate, I think its still somewhat related. 

I am spending a lot of time on learning neighborhoods & corresponding rent rates based on amenities in my target markets.

Here in Georgia, I find all of the foreclosures in my local newspaper or the corresponding website georgiapublicnotice.com.