Eggs, butter, fruits, vegetables, herbs, peanut butter, many condiments, jam, honey, breads, etc can all be left unrefrigerated.

You can find the actual tax rates of all the areas in Cook County here. https://www.cookcountyclerkil....I consider real estate taxes to be the single most important factor when it comes to actually understanding if your investment will perform in these areas.

You can include it in there, but in practice, if a smoke detector constantly goes off in the kitchen when the tenant is cooking, they are going to take it down.

@Ethan Cooke thanks for the great info.

They'd do all their own cooking, grocery shopping, etc.I'd purchase a ranch, of course, and convert the bathrooms to have walk-in showers, install handicap bars and install hard flooring through out. 

With single digit temps & the ONLY HVAC guys I would EVER use booked a week out, I had to do it myself.I replace the $120 hydronic solenoid head while the boiler was running & then had to find a replacement for a cooked $60 Class 2 24v transformer that's apparently only available on-line or at an obscure HVAC store several miles away. 

Sometimes with these levels of rental properties you'll get applicants who state their income is from doing yard work or day labor work or as cooks or wait staff. 

I plan on pulling that vegetation out and putting a new Ipe deck in, should look nice!

@Kenneth Cook People start LLCs and often move their properties into land trusts because if something were to happen at a rental property that you owned and you were sued and the property was not in a separate legal entity, your personal assets are at risk.

if you have something cooking please run it by me and I will let you know if I will fund it.. its as easy as this on BP...