Looking forward to connecting and building a trustworthy team of broker, lenders, property managers and contractors!

I'd have a lawyer review your case.

@Kris VillasenorTalk to a lender and figure out what you can afford with your debt to income ratio. 

It's been 10+ years since I've gone through the City of Chicago permit review process, and I'm told things have changed.In particular, I'm told that I need not only an architect that has Chicago experience, but also a specific sustainability certification, otherwise I run the risk of having a very long review process.Thanks in advance for your help!

Good real estate agents normally have recommendations when it comes to any real estate needs whether it's attorneys, lenders, insurance brokers, GCs etc. 

many lenders go down to 75k for loan amount .

@John McGuire, while this is ultimately a question for both an attorney (are you actually creating any real protection by holding in an LLC) and a thorough review of your actual mortgage agreement regarding transfer of ownership, I will say two things:Typically, services don't care if you transfer ownership with your mortgage.  

I just wanted to share this as they do a great job of how someone reviews an offering.(1) m. stanfield on X: "Page 9: Rise48 is taking 28% above an 8 pref.

Your Lender My suggestion to find #2 & #4 would be to go to the top of this page and click on FIND AN AGENT & FIND A LENDER.

If you can set up an account with google business and have guests leave you reviews on there as well, that would be the biggest asset you could give your STR!