I only have 1 property under my belt and am currently house hacking my SFH.

The real prohibitive costs come from the legal, compliance, and reporting requirements of registering a security.

or options 3, 4 and 5 don't supply washer and dryers and either the tenant provides their own, rent appliances or goes to community laundramat.

and your still complaining!?

Here are some key challenges and strategies to overcome them:1.

Chicago has a fantastic real estate community, and there are plenty of networking opportunities.

I would suggest getting Dave Ramsey's book called The Total Money Makeover and read that.

Would love to keep in touch and see where you are buying etc! 

We've worked with local banks and been able to finance the three we own without any issues.I don't necessarily know if it's "beginner" investor friendly but you'll learn everything you need in the bootcamp which is the gold standardWe get loans with 3-7 year balloons and 25 year amortization typically

I was at host con and he was one of the speakers.