(Think about how buying a pre-cooked rotisserie chicken in the deli is more expensive than buying a raw chicken and some spices and doing it yourself.)

Just be picky about your properties. know that in Cook County water bills are high and so are property taxes everywhere.

Is there a living room and kitchen or are they sitting on couches on the back yard and cooking on a BBQ?!

If you know where cook and shaker is, I'm right on that block!

Renter’s insurance does much more than simply protect their belongings - it protects you and your property if the tenants cause damage (e.g. if tenant starts a cooking fire and burns down the kitchen, your homeowner’s insurance likely will not cover it - it will be on your tenant and their renter’s insurance). 

I'm pretty sure its a Cook County law. 

May not be valid in Chicago or Cook County as they make their own rules up as they go along.To raise the rent:1.

I'm doing my taxes now and I pay for natural gas for the building (cooking and boiler steam heat) and it came out to $2500 for the year.

Some people sware by the Ozone machines (Remediation Specialists) but I've had good luck using big carpet fans blowing and leaving the windows open for 2 days if it's just smoke smell, cooking odors or pet urine.  

Hi @Dustin Cook if you're an accredited investor you might consider investment into DSTs.