Illinois, where one in every 1,926 housing units had a foreclosure filing, had the highest August foreclosure rate among all states, followed by Delaware (one in every 2,387), South Carolina (one in 2,417), New Jersey (one in 2,441) and Florida (one in 2,950).On a localized level, Cook County, Illinois (Chicago area) had the most August foreclosure starts with 798, followed by Los Angeles County, California, with 740; Harris County, Texas (Houston area), with 465; Suffolk County, New York (eastern Long Island), with 297; and Riverside County, California, with 280."

Ceramic top cook tops or ranges may look nice, but they are not tenant friendly or easy/cheap to fix when the top is cracked.

It's like learning to cook, cook what?

Since it looks like you are in cook county have you ever checked out the judicial auction there?

It also seems to me as if they haven't really delegated tasks too well, in other words too many cooks in the kitchen.

I have a no smoking policy, but rent to several smokers who just smoke outside.Lack of rental references is also a problem.

NIcholas Cook at Sleep Sound Property Management is in Portland and is certainly one of the finest PM's on the west coast. email me if you want his contact info because stupid BP won't let me put it in the reply here!

A co worker of mine had a landlord who did that and I hear all day long that his landlord is home cooking all day for his big family and splits the gas bill with him 50/50.

Do not under any circumstances rent to a smoker. 

If you can sneak the 11% in too, then you're really cooking.