Hi David,Czech crown is currently artificially week (Czech National Bank's intervention - see comments in English http://www.cnb.cz/en/monetary_policy/weakening_kor...) but this year it is reported to end, this would mean strengthening against foreign currencies.

The Chicago Neighborhood Initiative has rehabbed a decent amount of homes on Champlain and Langley, and 30 more distressed assets will be coming alive shortly, so there is progress - https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/doh/provdrs/housing_resources/news/2020/july/city-grant-approved-to-restore-30-historic-pulman-rowhouses.htmlYou are right, inventory is extremely rare down there as it's tight-knit, not a lot of trading, and when it does, owners tend to trade with each other.

I'm en route for a HELOC, unsure if it will make it in time.

Added new bathroom in rough-in area which added an additional 70 square feet, added new bedroom to ample existing space as a mother-in-law suite, and refurbed the en suite.

Why not buy a simple small home, preferably with an en suite and from there convert it into a simple 2 stage apartment.. you live in one half of the ‘house’ an the other pays your half.Both would need work I know but with the en suite all you would need is a cooking facility for the other section/apartment an another small toilet for yourself...

There’s just not buckets of homes to be bought en mass anymore.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...Clayton Morris flees the U.S.

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If the individual mandate is struck down, we may be able to claim the 3.8% tax back though 2017. https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tax-services/publications/insights/assets/pwc-possible-impact-on-the-niit-with-supreme-court-aca-case.pdf

i ask because there's quite a few old building on the market in my area (see example below, built in 1912)https://www.centris.ca/en/5plex~for-sale~sherbrooke-les-nations/21547571?