For any fellow Cook County suburban landlords or tenants out there... if you had any financial hardship due to COVID-19 you could be eligible for up to 12 months of missed rent and utility payments plus 3 months of future payments.

The Cook County Assessor shows that all of the taxes have been paid. 

If you want to speak to the best professional, in my opinion, in the area about using trapped equity to finance the purchase of additional rental property, I would contact Joe Massey at Castle and Cooke Mortgage in Denver.Until you do that look at this simple example of how using that equity can help you build wealth:Hypothetical Situation AnalysisCurrent home purchased 10 years ago for $500,000 with 20% down.Current Property Value $800,000Original loan amount $400,000 Interest rate 5%Total Monthly payment, excluding escrows$2,147Current Loan Amount $325,000Equity ($800,000 - $325,000) $475,000If you were to refinance your home at its current value with a 30-year fixed rate mortgage, two things would happen.

And if you can covert 4 of those boot camp students instead of 2...well...now you're cooking with gas.  

BP has undergone many changes through the years and this isn't the first time they've rearranged the kitchen on all of their cooks. 

@Bryce DeHaan unfortunately, as @Dillon Cook mentioned, 12%+ CoC is extremely hard to find in the Tampa Bay area at this point in time.

If the seller can find the buyer and both agree on the price and neither side is scamming the other and the title isn't encumbered by nasty mechanics liens and the mortgage company isn't being a pain in the you know what on the buyer's side and there are no zoning issues and there's no radon gas and the seller hasn't been cooking meth in the basement and there is no mold and there aren't any non-permitted modifications to the house that can come around and bite the buyer, and both know how to draw up, read, and understand the contract, no need for an agent at all.

Quote from @Lucas Cook: Dear BiggerPockets,I live in Southwest Louisiana.

I would recommend either bank robbery or cooking meth.... ;) Also, have you looked into marrying an old, rich guy?

@Austin Cooke is livonia too far of a drive for you?