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Jarret Jarvis Should You Self-Manage or Hire a Property Manager for Your Chicago House Hack?
31 January 2025 | 2 replies
.✅ Hands-On Experience – If you plan to grow your real estate portfolio, managing tenants yourself can teach you valuable lessons about leases, maintenance, and local rental laws.✅ More Control – You’ll personally handle tenant screening, rent collection, and property upkeep, ensuring everything is done to your standards.✅ Stronger Tenant Relationships – Being involved directly allows you to build rapport with your tenants, which can lead to better communication and longer leases.Cons of Self-Managing❌ Time-Consuming – Dealing with maintenance requests, late-night emergencies, and tenant disputes can quickly become a second job.❌ Legal Risks – Chicago has strict landlord-tenant laws.
Laurence Mendonca New member looking to start
21 February 2025 | 7 replies
Focus on getting pre-approved, analyzing deals in both cities, and networking with local investors to refine your approach.
Cody Coll Construction management - Software/organization
4 February 2025 | 1 reply
Also does your locality allow you to work on investment properties?
Jeff Ba What are the pros and cons of renting a single family home furnished vs vacant?
20 February 2025 | 7 replies
I'll just add a local perspective: North Atlanta ie city, Sandy Springs, or Alpharetta?
Joseph Sakic Thinking of changing my PM but am terrified that the process will be a nightmare
13 February 2025 | 14 replies
We are fortunate to take on a lot of doors from local PMCs who drop the ball, and invariably, poor communication is near the top of the list for complaints. 
Jill Young 85% LTV Loan for one property with 3 STRs in Texas
30 January 2025 | 13 replies
Wrapping 3 properties into one blanket loan shouldn't be a problem, save these are sitting on any sizeable acreage.You might get lucky and find a unicorn local bank or credit union that would consider that kind of leverage, but I would say overall, those terms are very unrealistic.Cheers!
Karin Recalde Purchased property listed and sold as a triplex just found out from city it is a SFH
6 February 2025 | 28 replies
Sometimes cities will allow this, but it depends on local zoning rules.If neither option works, it might be worth consulting a real estate attorney to explore your options.
Martin Reinke 300 Avoca House
3 February 2025 | 0 replies
Conversation in local Bar, say I would pay all CASH How did you finance this deal?
Ryan DeRobertis Considering first investment property in Puerto Rico
2 February 2025 | 14 replies
Try to get preapproved from a local loan broker or Co-op. 
Emma Whear Duplex - lots of sweat equity!
13 February 2025 | 5 replies
@Emma Whear I might suggest you talk to a local real estate attorney (or another owner of a similar property) to make sure you prepare yourself if/when the City's blind eye starts being able to see ;-)