When you mention "ready for rentals", what does that mean to you?

Thanks for readingDavid I would not buy anything right now, I would wait a year or so and see where prices are headed.

I have often mentioned to my wife that it would be a great place to move to - for the exact same reasons that you mentioned!

The previous company did not mention anything.

They don't mention anything about paying payroll taxes, workers comp, complying with laws, etcReal estate agents can have a team around them where they do have employees if they have admin/support or marketing team.Regardless, if you want to interchange small business for commissioned sales people in my post you can.My post was mentioning that service providers in the real estate space are incentivized by their advertisements as it will increase their annual income.

Thanks, @River Sava , for the mention!

This leads me back to my mother, as she approaches her end years, I hate to think about this, but she wants to leave my sister and I one of the houses I mentioned earlier.

I like the idea of live in flips, but it's something that I would wait until the kids are out of high school before I did it.

Hey Hey @Veronica Mitchell - The most simple advice is to follow the CTA trainlines.I personally love the South East Corridor of Chicago which has Bronzesville, Kenwood, Washington Park, Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore.That area will continue to be gentrified because you have the lakefront and CTA trains.Others mentioned NW along the Blue and West along the Pink, Green, and Blue lines.

If you do your idea on one property, you'll be sitting and waiting a long time to pay off that mortgage before you then use that money to buy another property.