Back in the game and rockin it hard.

-Real Estate is a numbers game so find a budget that makes you comfortable.

Smaller banks and commercial lenders may allow an assumption but rarely as they would rather make a new loan and an assumption may not have any new buyer's skin in the game, not a good lending practice.

Chicago renters know the game and always  rental lease addendums be best looked over by a Chicago Lawyer before you start pissing off your renters.

@Daniel Raposo, really great to hear that BRRRR can be a reasonable strategy at this stage in the game for the right deal.

Lower price markets it happens for sure, but its a different game here. 

Lenders sometimes get in on this game too, alas (especially if it's new construction and you took the bribe to use the builder's "preferred lender" - that's the whole point of the bribe to use that lender!).

Rinse, Repeat.I am very new to the game, so like I said, take what I say with a grain...

That will tell you whether the property produces cash flow, or bleeds cash, a fundamentally important question.Assuming a specific amount of appreciation is a gambler's game.

Clearly, there is money to be made purchasing distressed properties, making minimal repairs, and renting them out to Section 8 and VA voucher recipients, but this doesn't necessarily help stabilize a community because the residents have no skin in the game.