And eventually or even now, go to Real Estate Events all around Chicago, most of them are free and you can find the events on Meetup.com or Eventbrite.com (my company also hosts a lot of events every month that are free @A&N Mortgage which you can find on Meetup.com).Good Luck!

The property sat on the market another 3 months and eventually sold for $25,000 less than I was under contract for.

@Nathan Frost uhm, not sure you understand Detroit market.Motion lights & cameras may work half the time at best.Too many insurance claims will get you cancelled and eventually black-balled.But, what do we know after 24 years in the Detroit market...

Our children are at $100 and $63/month passive income on the homes that will eventually be their first rental properties!

The truth is that investing in real estate through an SDIRA can often cause you to pay much more tax than if you took the money out, paid the tax, and liberated your money to invest in real estate.Most of the people I know that started using SDIRAs to invest in real estate, eventually pull it all out to invest outside the SDIRA.

Hello  @Thomas Sheehan,If your goal is to invest in an apartment where you don't have to concern yourself with maintenance and cap Ex, this deal (or perhaps another with similar rents and lower price) could make sense.The downside to deals like this is that your rents could eventually hit a ceiling as newer apartments (some with more amenities) become available.

I eventually gave up on the four unit and ended up buying a six unit for my first deal. 

As for the window blind, I told the PM that if the tenant complaints multiple times, I would just replace it eventually.

After that I moved to Colorado to manage the investment and I started purchasing shares and eventually paid off the remaining investors at 100% of their investment. 

It is close to the downtown area but the majority of area is bigger lots and on the other side of a prominent hill that gives it a more out in the country feelFoothills is the most exclusive areas with higher price points and lots of upper end shopping and diningMarana and Oro Valley are the newer "suburban" areas of Tucson that have the laid back walking and biking paths, golf clubs, snow bird / retiree type activities that draw visitors in and then get hooked and eventually buy homesIf you haven't tried Tucson yet, there is quite the variety and with snowbirds leaving, there are plenty of current STR's ready to host you as the summer warms up.