Without being a licensed mortgage professional some of these tools would not be available or more likely at the disposal of the marketplace and the 'research' or relationships they've cultivated with statistically limited mortgage experience..even as a professional great mortgage brokers and companies are hard to find...With 65%+ of residential transactions still involving a loans, real estate professionals with expertise in real estate financing will deliver enhanced value to their clients.  

Install should be about half a day plus disposal of the old system.

No carpet, disposals, only put up curtain rods, hard flooring only, use durable materials, always have cabinet pulls

Then you'll have a few tools for capital at your disposal, including: personal funds, hard money, private money, and lines of credit... all there for you to grow/scale!

However, since the property was fully disposed of, your passive losses from Box 2 ($50K + $5K) and other passive losses (e.g., $125K from your rental) can be used to offset this gain.

This is very common as people had disposable income in the past due to covid and govt handouts.

If you dispose of one property, you haven't disposed of your whole rental activity, so that loss is not released. 

. - You can definitely rent out for 30+ days on airbnb with no restrictions from the city of Chicago but not sure if airbnb will let you list if you don't have a license number...curious if you figure that out please share the results.Fee Simple ownership has nothing to do with what you can do with the property....It means that you own the land and the building on it outright, and you have the right to use and dispose of the property as you please.

That is the issue that first must be resolved, although I am not sure if you are going to be able to correct a bad location if that is the root issue but there are certainly tools at your disposal to protect against liens. 

If i have a unit with a bad garbage disposal, I want to quickly see when it was put in and by whom.