I put traps around the house as well as in the ceiling.

You dont want to present an opportunity for someone to get trapped on the third floor because of a fire.

I have a motivated seller, property management company, buyer with over $1500 in Section 8 rental vouchers...and my buyer is still trying to obtain finances for the deal.

Chicago is also a huge Turnkey trap city.  

. - you might want to try the red colored RV anti-freeze (not the kind that is used in automobile radiators and cooling systems - I recently told somebody to use RV anti-freeze for drain traps in a house, and they showed up with the stuff for cars, the wrong stuff).

I am not an expert but your seller will counter your offer a certain amount and there is no rule that you should fall into that trap.

@Gino BarbaroI mean trapped.

This has a limit, though ... do not fall for the "value trap" of going into the ghetto war zone just because the cashflow numbers look good on paper ... you will likely never be able to achieve those numbers because you won't be able to keep the unit occupied with a paying tenant who won't trash the place.

Enter: the Gurus, all full of promises to help you navigate through all of the traps (for a nifty ongoing fee of course)!

Investing is fraught with hidden traps, and is hard enough in the same city, let alone in a state where the culture is way different.