Asking about the SW suburbs specifically, in the land of long sidewalks and big actual parking lots. 

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

This is a long revived post- I'll add a little tax pro insight from what's happened in the last 2 years The IRS went from < 100 engineers on staff who were qualified to audit cost segregations to a few hundred. 

On the advice of the fireplace guy who did our last cleaning/inspection, we sanded down the brick inside and painted it with the high heat black paint, and it states in the lease that they may use a fireplace-style candelabra if they'd like, but any other use will trigger all the rules in the Fireplace Addendum.   

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

My uncle has done 84 percent for the last 14 consecutive years (these numbers can be proven  and have been well documented) .

I have done demo work with a large excavator on my mom's farm a long time ago and it does not take much to turn a house into rubble - literally an hour.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

We recently relocated to Phoenix last summer and I'm starting to look for recommendations for local credit unions here in Phoenix which are trustworthy, low rates, personal touch, easy/simple to work with, etc. 

I do a good bit of long distance real estate investing and I am considering going into as new area.