Hey everyone, my fiancé has been talking about real estate for a long time and I want to help him by becoming a realtor. What's the best steps/classes to take in Chicago to become one? 

.- There are options for suites and adjoining rooms, which have been popular options for people bringing families because they love the idea of a tax write-off vacation!

Now the whole thing has gone off the rails.

There are areas that are still hot and others that are theoretically cooling off, but no sudden dips yet.

It took close to 15+ years, but states are finally catching on that the majority of loans are no longer held by banks and by non-bank lenders who are selling them off to private equity and other non-bank funds including individuals and they are starting to hear about the shady stuff going around.Regarding straight sub-to and banks calling loans etc., this I think is longer term implosions as I am seeing people who absolutely should not be buying a home as they have no money buy them sub-to because of little down payment and will eventually lose the property and that is when many whose mortgages are still on the property come out and sue.

Going off market there is a lot of offerings that are not better than the MLS listings, there is often risk items, and they virtually always require work. 

@Tonia EdgestonIf it’s non owner occupied you could get a hard money loan to pay back taxes and repairs but these are short term (typically 6-12 months) then you would need to refinance the propertyYou mention this is also in probate - depending also on other debts etc it all may be for not and you may need to sell to pay off other creditors.

Hello, My name is Rebecca Schwanz and here's a little about me.My husband and I started off about 4 years ago house hacking.

This means, site plan has been signed off by the county, building plan is approved, site has water, electricity, and sewer/septic.

This will take alot of stress off your plate when something pops up.