We are still focusing on rental portfolios for our funds and clients and supplementing flips in there to keep a nice balance.

Let's set the tone straight; most people don't get into the rental business because they like to manage problematic tenants, deal with leaky toilets or attend eviction hearings.Most people follow traditional investment strategies, that are taught to be passive, but that in reality are far from passive for the great majority of investors.At the very core, most people begin in therental business because they believe in the fundamentals of investing and desire to create some level of freedom and passive income to supplement their current income, and at the same time would like to have some sort of control over their investment.There is nothing wrong with this, and i certainly wouldn’t want to discourage anyone from buying rental houses, if that’s what you really want to do.

I do want to retire early enough to enjoy myself more, I have an okay work/life balance now but in say 5 years or so ideally I would like to quit my day job and have a few different sources of semi-passive income streams to enable me to spend more time doing what I like to do most (travel, spend more time with my wife and kids etc.).So in developing a plan, I was thinking today about my current goal of buying several SF and/or MF properties with reasonable CF over then next 5+ years to supplement my "early" retirement.  

Why aren't they renting the other space so that they can supplement their income?

They have made over 200 million in 3 years marketing diet and health supplements online with no plan.

All I hear from investors anymore is how bad it is to be a landlord and how unexpected expenses come up and really hurt you and how cash flow really isn’t cash flow and you need to account for this and that…….I will not be discouraged by this because I know I want something more out of life and that real estate is my ticket there.I want to build a portfolio of rentals that will supplement my w2 and then transition to other ventures of re investing.I know this isn't going to be easy but man is it really that bad, especially if you have property managers?

I would like to supplement my income by learning and investing in real estate and excelerate my retirement date.

Given the preferential treatment Cook County gives tenants/foreclosed defendants, I want to say that there's probably a line in the ordinance that trumps the BK filing.I do know that checking that box would not have allowed us to avoid evicting the supplemental tenants (the foreclosed defendants' adult son and his family were also living at the property).

This typically falls under supplemental permits by the plumber and electrician only.

Analytical types will want more detail, in which case I recommend that you provide links to supplemental materials that they can review (T12 financials, current rent roll, bank statements).