He has repeated the process in which you mentioned with success.

Prove your work ethic, and opportunities will come.6.Enjoy the process.

I love that you have specific goals for 2025 - I believe if we think it, write it, say it, and share it our goals are 10x more likely to come to fruition.Are you able to do option 2 and just house hack a 2-4 unit building and use a renovation loan which allows you to put down 3.5-5%I highly suggest getting to some local chicago meetup groups (we have an in person one on the 17th)...here is BPs list: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...I also have a full list of the chicago meetups that I can share with you too if that'd be helpful.

In the long run, I want to have properties that are producing strong cash flow (eventually would love to own small apartment buildings and syndicate larger deals), but it seems that focusing on cash flow and reinvesting those cash flows will be a slower process than focusing on properties prime for appreciation or with opportunities for forced appreciation.

I'm just going to write up an addendum to terminate these addendums. 

They usually have a process for filing a claim with the city for damage caused by them, and they may be willing to cover it.

It ends when they AND their stuff is removed to the level that allows you to begin the re-rental process. 

I wouldn't accuse people that write listings to be knowledgeable in insurance. 

I know that you do a great job smoothing out any "rough spots" in the lending process, so that certainly helps when the deal starts to go sideways... 

I even do write ups on my blog where I share their performance and outline the challenges I faced with each one.Why do I do this?