For a 3 bedroom single family home the total of the utilitiy allowances for heat, cooking fuel, electric, etc. is $244/month.

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to "I really need some help training my dog" to "wow, I wish I knew how to cook the perfect burger".Nobody is suggesting that anything on Bigger Pockets is legal advice.  

If you can't afford to live in a particular city anymore, you complain, you get more jobs - or you move somewhere you can afford.And if you have to spend half of your income on housing - and/or choose to do so in an expensive area, you just cut back on other things.It's not the end of the world to "have to" watch movies on Amazon Prime or Netflix instead of going out, or cooking your own meals at home.I live on practically nothing and I do just fine. 

I know this varies county to county in Illinois - so I can't vouch for left leaning counties like Cook (i.e.

Too many landlords are freaked out by allowing a tenant to actually live in a place to the point they try to control every aspect of a tenant's life, do this, can't do that, none of this, you have too much stuff, don't cook this, don't hang pictures use free standing frames on a table......Landlords can get too involved quickly, especially new ones, yes you own the property and tenants have responsibilities to you, but it is a two way street, not one way.

"Did you know when you buy a cooking pan in the United States it comes with a free fire extinguisher?"...

Kind of like with children....if you ask a child to eat his vegetables, most will put up a fight. 

It's a great set-up, too, in the event of a power outtage - you still have heat and a place to cook.

I believe that you need at least 30% vegetation in that area.