.✅ 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.

:-) Then I will personally host you in my Columbus Ohio property 😁

I asked when the other person will retire.  

@Lauren MerendinoI strongly believe that your chosen market should be somewhere that you can go to in person / have strong personal knowledge of / have family or a network in already.  

I personally think you can successfully market both your property management (PM) and buy/sell real estate services under one brand if you position them correctly.

Another popular option is AgFirst but I personally have had a hard time getting responses from them.

- Loss of historical data (for both IRS audits and for personal portfolio tracking.)You should be able to print the general ledger and Balance sheet / income statement for each period.

For my own personal goal reasons, I am going to still with searching for a lender who will be open to it.

Hey @Logan Barwick, I personally like option 1, but this depends on what your strategy is to grow your real estate portfolio.

You can find it through the MNREIA web site or email me if you have any troubles.Type @ and the first few letters of a person's name to link.