I've seen you post on here a lot and you seem very enthusiastic and just know that I and probably many others are rooting for you!

Hi guys, my name is Ben and I am a 31 year old business owner in Chicagoland who is looking to invest the money I make in my business into something that will build residual wealth over time–namely, real estate.My wife's father has been rehabbing houses for flipping, as well as hold/renting properties all over Chicago and Colorado, but has a really old-school way of doing it which is prone to issues.I am looking to learn how to do it in today's market and how to be smart from the get-go so I can avoid common newbie mistakes and prevent as much headache and losing money on bad deals as possible.Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

If both units are the issue, it could be your main drain line under the house, which could be roots or broken drain lines.

But I'll do the absolute most I can to educate myself and create a system to prevent as many problems as I can.

I currently work full time as a Century 21 real estate agent and part time overnight at UPS as a high value associate in their loss prevention department.  

Doing it yourself the first time you run the risk of having this LLC preventing any of the protection really being enacted.

If it is caused by tree roots in main sewer, I take care of it.

Try running the water into airtight environment like a bag or bottle to prevent dissipation of gaseous elements.

It's mainly to prevent straw buyers- also to see the borrower has skin in the game.

The policy mostly to prevent straw buyers (an investor using your name and credit to buy a property, and his down payment), but also to ensure the investor has skin in the game.