My thought is to buy a large home, alter it slightly so it's set up for roommates instead of a family, and then rent to individual professionals that work at the hospital or local school district.  

Hello all,      A local landlord in my area has offered me an owner-financed portfolio and I am attempting to decide on moving forward with or running and would love your thoughts. 

For the CPA part of it, I can DM you a great local CPA who is in the Chicago suburbs. 

After I'd contracted with a local agent, I remembered that I know a guy out of DFW, an agent... 

@Jay George even being a local agent in the Chicago area, I am not 100% sure I can see enough of the picture to know if you are doing well or not.

The best are the facebook groups or reaching out to a few local realtors .

You need to add some art or photos that depicts the local nature, local mountains, or something special regionally. 

As a local investor and agent here in Columbus, let me know if you have any questions or want to connect! 

One thing I learned the hard way was that location matters and local laws matter.

So most of them aren't concerned with cash flow and are frankly lucky to break even on these local programs.