I've had productive live chats with their team and that is encouraging.

I appreciate your thoughtful, helpful, and encouraging response!

@Joel RiveraRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I factored the cost of that capital into my calculations from the start (working the numbers backwards from the ARV to the purchase price)(this also encouraged me to buy the properties at a lower cost). 

The variety of economic development grants/programs and the process streamlining that has taken place to date in Chicago is meant to encourage access for smaller and newer developers and encourage the types of "missing middle" developments that have historically been to small or the process to burdensome to move forward. 

The kind of behavior you want to encourage in society.  

Here's the meat:Sellers and buyers are encouraged to openly discuss and negotiate commission.

But keep in mind they sell title insurance so they might only encourage that you buy a policy. 

I dont think just because she says she’s going to encourage an additional 3MM homes to be built per year means it will reach a lot of areas in this country just as others have pointed out.

A sweet spot in December saw mortgage rates dip, encouraging more folks to buy.