This places a would-be investor into the same food chain as the hapless tenant who depends on both rent and government subsidies for financial survival.

No one goes to WalMart and asks for a breakout of their supply chain costs.

It is not easy to find good PM's but when you do they are worht their weight in gold and when you have a bad one you just want to sell the property instead of firing them.

I'm planning to use Brizo luxe gold fixtures in bathrooms. 

I've got a great relationship with the owners of a local pizza chain.

Feels like you might have enough responses in this chain to feel like you should continue exploring an investing relationship with Upside.

They can ACH it, walk in to a branch with cash or a personal check, etc.I know a lot of people find these third party vendors convenient, but to me it just puts another link in the chain between the tenant's payment and my revenue. 

This last time they told me to go with Antique Brass or Brushed gold faucets and hardware in the kitchen.

Finishing up a project and had given the stucco guy the color swatch - a gold one.

Meaning West Loop, Logan, Bucktown, Lincoln Park, North Shore, Gold Coast, Old Town, Wicker Park, Logan Square, River North.. list goes on!