I’m also concerned about challenges like dealing with difficult tenants and navigating new taxes.

It's comforting to know I don't have to obsess about reviews. 

However, without more information on what your preferences are, it is difficult to give you good advice.

No way to finance single room condo 4.

You forget that I also said not to build in places too difficult to defend.

Quote from @Nicolas Tow: I recently purchased a 3,125 square foot empty lot in the 27th ward area of Humboldt Park Chicago and I was wondering how difficult it is to re zone from RS-3 to RS3.5 or RT 4.

BP has done such a great job of promoting SFR investing to the masses, that those masses have pushed up real estate prices to where it's now DIFFICULT to cashflow right away.Keep going, but understand you won't get rich in real estate overnight - it's a long-term wealth building strategy.For the short-term, recommend joining a few in-person investor meetings if possible, otherwise online ones.

Quote from @Robin Cloud: It's hard to make a decision based on this.

If the only indication that he is difficult is not wanting to send his ID to a stranger on Facebook, I wouldn't blame him. 

I find that cash flow is very important so that I don’t have to come “out of pocket” to pay for major improvements / repairs