If you narrow it down to one area, and have a good real estate agent you’re going to use, have them send you listings through their portal.

One of the many cool tidbits that I learned from that episode is that you can check the rental payment amounts by zip code on the HUD User website https://www.huduser.gov/portal...Here is the list for rent amounts by zip code for Cook County: https://www.huduser.gov/portal...Here's the rent payments for the two Roger's Park zip codes:                         Efficiency           1-bed                  2-bed                 3-bed                 4-bed60626          $1,060                 $1,200             $1,390                    $1,770                $2,10060645         $1,000                $1,130               $1,310                $1,660                  $1,980I look forward to hearing about your progress moving forward!

Did you create a landlord portal? 

The tenant can report problems through a portal, but someone still needs to dispatch the appropriate service person to fix the problem.

They went ahead and scheduled their June 1, 2021 payment on our management portal...they have never “scheduled” a payment ahead of time in the past!

They are not going to know how to maneuver their online portals, bill pay, and know when to ask for help with maintenance.

Ask the PM for photos, inspection of the unit immediately before unit was rented to current tenant (so you can assess damage on their exit), a copy of their last lease, contact information for each occupant, emergency information, their application, job information, and how they pay--on line portal, by check, cash, pick up by PM or ?

As digital records are being compiled by our government with Corelogic, Uniform Collateral Data Portal® (UCDP®) members, and others all the tract houses in America have information available.

You can make friends with a local agent and they can get you a portal login for the MLS for alerts and such.

Look for their public record assess portal and you can search by county and date filed.