Seems like that would reveal the tenant(s) that have since been arrested (and presumably jailed/prison long enough to "lose" the lease/apt). 

We've gotten that advice from an old timer in the trades, but Chicago is notoriously know for lagging with issuing permits and performing inspections.  

Depends who you ask and how secure you feel about your income On the one hand being debt free is great, but leverage allows us to build our wealth quicker.RE investors are notorious for being cash poor, so I would avoid thatIf youre able to comfortably save 100k a year and have enough reserves, I think buying leveraged properties is the best way to scale.You could kill two birds with one stone theoreticallyThey say paying an extra month a year towards principal saves you 7 years on a 30 year fixed mortgageUsing that logic you can add 2+ months a year on your primary, and buy 1 property a year and keep enough reserves. 

Corvallis is notoriously “anti-building”, a more hyper-inflated market inside of its own bubble compared to the rest of the willamette valley.

I may be onboarding two more but I'm still working the nitty gritty out with that landlord since they're 1 bedroom apartments still debating if its worth it, as 1 bedrooms are notorious for their low-profit margins, but they always have high occupancy rates.When I started out, my main goal was to expand my Airbnb portfolio, and now, with two successful properties under my belt and a third on the way, I couldn’t be more grateful for the journey so far.

One contractor was at the planning dept the other day who just got out of federal prison earlier this year.

There are cases of people spending 5+ years in prison all the while refusing to divulge information related to assets in a trust.  

If all else fails, but bars on the windows and turn them into prison cells.

I have been interview by the criminal IRS investigators 2 times now in 5 years still nothing. these things grind quite slowly and it could turn out the money went were it was suppose to and they made bad business decisions and will just roll it up to a big bankruptcy wipe everyone out and continue on with a new business we see that all the time.. there is no debtor prison that's why we have business BK laws  .. allows one to crater the company and any debt or equity and then start all over.. kills a reputation but you don't go to prison..

I believe they still hold the record of the most Governors who went to prison.