Start to share your knowledge and insight with others on here and at meetings and you will attract someone who needs what your good at.

Thank you @Aaron Cullen and @Merritt Whitman for your on the ground insights.

Now 3 more months later there is no end in sight and the deal.

I am interested in passive income through rentals, and learning how I can use the 1031 exchange to trade up into small multifamily.

Hi all,I am going through the research now on doing a 1031 exchange from a single family home where I have seen decent appreciation (and also was my first SFR, so I put more into it than I should have!).  

Thanks to everyone for their support and insight on the subject.

Does anyone have any insight into whether it is more advantageous to purchase buy and hold properties in an area with higher owner occupancy or an area with higher renter occupancy?

In exchange for this, I offer my expertise.

Thanks for any insight from afar or from any Chicago/60647 pros. 

Hey @Elizabeth Lester-Medado BP is definitely the right place to ask this question, and I will follow this thread for input from other investors, because I'm always looking for new insights myself.