If I were traveling alone on business, which I sometimes do, I'd be more interested in putting groceries in the fridge and cooking "at home".

I recently read the book 'Lifeonaire' by Steve Cook, which has had a big impact on my thinking over the last couple of weeks.

section 8 voucher program as there is more than one type of section 8, have a chart, search hud fair market rents, it changes from year to year, neighborhood, and age and condition of home, that will give you a range, a 3 br home is different than a 3br duplex,3br apt or 3br trailer, then, you have utilities, what is included for that rent, most landlords prefer to include water sewer and trash because they are leinable, meaning if tenant behind you can lose investment, next just because you have a number you want to get for rent or saw someone ask for rent, doesnt mean it will rent for that, some rents that are too high sit on market a while, that is also considered, that tells you again a range for market, the amount they will pay depends on tenant also, if tenant has a 3 br voucher, hud will figure a percent they contribute including all their utilities, then hud will pay the difference, say 900 market rent, tenants share might be 30%, that is 300 minus what the hud allows for heat, elect etc, so the tenant could end up paying you $100 and $200 for utilities,then hud pays the 800 difference, there is a chart for many variables, elect cooking, elect hot water, air, lights, a house with gas cooking maybe be different than electric cooking, and everything little item is why two could have different rents, most housing authorities can give you a better assessment if you contact them with interest in becoming certified, but 2 homes next to each other can be different based on what is in them, they can give you a specific rent in advance, the lower the tenants income the higher amount hud will contribute to meet the total value rent they determined

Occupants create moisture just from their bodies, not running exhaust fans in the shower, cooking without venting and humidifiers.

I was looking to split the cost of a Tax Sale list with another investor for the Cook County Tax Sale List in IL that just came out.

Well as Corey said read up on here and soak up all the info but if you want my opinion on courses there are 2 that have gotten a lot of praise with very few if any negative responses and they are:Steve Cook's Wholesaling 2.0 and Vena Jones Cox's Wholesaling course.Also our own member Andrew Massaro aka The Maestro has an ebook you might want to check out.

Often, I'm driving, cooking, the kids are screaming, or I'm in church.  

@Doyle Cook, hmm...maybe.

@Jashmine Cook Good luck with your investing!

This is specially true if the property is in a county like Cook county or it can be even more scary if it is in Chicago.