I need more advice
Just now I suddenly had an idea, the land left by the LA fire and SB-9 (SB-9 allows single-family residential lots to be split into two lots)
Is this a good opportunity?

As a company we invest a lot into having top line service.

Would greatly appreciate advise on how to start sourcing the land and/or connect me to land brokers who can help.Thank you in advance!

@Jorge Vazquez we stopped doing signs over 10 years ago.We had a separate phone number on our signs, so were able to track traffic & applications from them.We were getting more & BETTER leads from our online ads then the signs - so an easy choice to stop using them (also time & money savings).

Focus on LocationChicago’s rental market varies widely by neighborhood.

.- at year 7 if value appreciated a lot, can i do a HELOC on it and use that HELOC to pay off the balloon - probably not due to lien being secondary etc on helocYes on the HELOC, but it would probably be easier just to refi and pay off the seller, and cash out more money too.Hope that helps and good luck!

Good wholesalers will price deals well, meat on the bone for you.

With no movement towards finish line for years.

How do you approach educating people on the realities of the business? 

I took quite a break from buying properties and now on the hunt again.