When we bought our first home I KNEW it was a good deal and we jumped on it. 

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I guess I don't know how lucky we are to have found our property management after hearing all the comments. 

Owner/Occupants want function and style.Investors perhaps more numbers focused...probably want numbers to work day 1.Owner/Occupants....they'll stretch to make the numbers work....what can we cut to make our dream home work for us.Personally I don't think either thinks about exit strategies too much or maybe even not enough.I would say Owner/Occupants way way more focused on cosmetics and less about maintenance. 

Security investigated to find the renters still at our house.

I love that you have specific goals for 2025 - I believe if we think it, write it, say it, and share it our goals are 10x more likely to come to fruition.Are you able to do option 2 and just house hack a 2-4 unit building and use a renovation loan which allows you to put down 3.5-5%I highly suggest getting to some local chicago meetup groups (we have an in person one on the 17th)...here is BPs list: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...I also have a full list of the chicago meetups that I can share with you too if that'd be helpful.

My wife worked out that way previously and we still have fond memories of many places we visited with Sedona being one of our favorites.

I have the same goals as well and would be awesome to see if theres any way either of us can help each other with our investing goals!

We'd even be happy to move them into one of our (future) properties and just let them keep all/most of their rent income as free cashflow. 

Check our chat messages, should still be there.