The companies that market themselves as "garage door companies" (residential) also almost always do commercial stuff as well, such as what you are looking at.

Prosper and Lending Club also offer peer 2 peer loans, usually up to $40-$50k depending on which company you look at.

Here are a few additional strategies that might help mitigate risk if you decide to rent the property:Hire a Strong Property Management Company: While you’ve already spoken with some PMs, consider finding one with extensive experience managing single-family rentals in Cook County specifically.

And when the company you're suing has shut down and apparently has no money, is it even worth the effort?

Hi Karen, Have you tried reaching out to any other local investors or property management companies? 

However, Greater Phoenix is not solely reliant on chip companies. 

This was my first investment property and I had a poor inspector who missed all the electrical and even though the roof had about 5 years left my insurance company made me do that.

I contacted a property management company and they expect it would rent between $2,000 - $2,100.

I’m an investor and the owner of a property management company based in Kokomo, with portfolios extending into the Indianapolis area.

If you manage to get this off the ground and do some verified - meaning paperwork is in your name, or company's name, etc - projects that turn a profit, and you build some capital in a bank, you should be able to go right to that lender after a year or two and start a relationship no problem.