Purchase price: $50,000 Cash invested: $2,000 Sale price: $100,000 44 acres of raw land with frontage on deer lake.

You're just going to need to find a couple of folks on the ground that you trust.

If they’re facing a short-term financial hiccup and you feel they’re otherwise a reliable tenant, you might consider setting up a plan for them to catch up on what they owe.

I'm paid much more slowly, since I only receive the difference between the two lease agreements on a monthly basis - but then I also receive the difference between the two purchase agreements when they close.

Work on your business as well as in your business.

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

I'm also in Chicago (like @Jonathan Klemm :), and am always looking to connect with more female RE investors, especially those who are actively doing, or aspiring to work on, fix & flips.

Focus on the skill not the business. 

I've had HUD forms filled out billing me for pro-rations that were the seller's responsibility, agents who have lost track of contingency removal dates, ... the list goes on and on.

It also sits on 2 acres with separate buildings for animals and a nice storage shed.