With her 14yr experience in condo property management with a Chicago portfolio, we have decided to capitalize on that knowledge to build our own portfolio through buy & hold opportunities, specifically multi-unit properties.  

Hellocan anyone recommend a good Real Estate TurnKey solution to get into the Buy & Hold business for multi-family units?

How do you approach the numbers/financials to a multi-unit when house hacking?  

so I pulled a code violation list for my county and about 600 of the 10k violations say that the houses are vacant in the description of the violation. I'm sure these are amazing leads However the mailing address and ...

I'm assuming that since I'm looking at an 8 unit multi, the banks would look at the net operating income to determine the ARV.  

Ive been reading and learning for months about multi family and buy and hold, and never thought my first deal might be a driving for dollars tax deed, so I am trying to educate myself a little more on the subject. 

Consider house Hacking or multi family for your first buy if you are thinking of being a real estate investor. 

I have experience in buy and hold, but, would also like to reap the knowledge on acquiring more rental and multi-family properties. if I could assist any knowledge that I have, I'd be glad to share anytime.Aloha

Unfortunately I need to wait until the new year for my loan pre-approval so I can get an FHA loan on my first multi-unit property.

I would second recommendation finding a realtor who specializes in multi family type properties.