Do that for six months before you think about buying so you meet other people who are doing what you want to do.

Line Item Fee Collected Rents 10% of All Collected Rents New Tenant Search & Onboarding $500 Business Hour Service Calls $80/hour + Materials Cost + Tax After Hour Service Calls $110/hour + Materials Cost + Tax HVAC Cleaning & InspectionGutter CleaningSpring/Fall Exterior CleanupSeasonal Mowing & Weed TrimmingSeasonal Snow PlowingGeneral Contractor Vendor Cost + 10% Oversight Fee

Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator – and they often select the first PMC they call!

I can run and model numbers and am a CPA so comfortable with the finance side of things.

A non-franchised Broker with six agents won't have professional training and resources, so a new agent won't be trained as well and will struggle to get started. 

@Michael BaumEvery property we ever stayed at had a physical book so yes - it definitely suffices.

If you guys can just give me a week or so ( wife and I just had baby #2 ), I will set up a virtual meet up and look into doing one in person about a month out from now.

With a smaller syndicator you will have access to the general partners for questions or phone calls.

So 1 sq ft = $1/month. 

Call it nicely it’s market inefficiency but recognize that Chicago historically is a very segregated city.