Anyway, I am going to get the exact rent rolls for this building and ask for copies of the gas and water bills for the last 2 years along with the tax returns, which he agreed to show me this Saturday.

I'm confused about the Chicago Tax... this isn't in Chicago and the gas bill is pretty low 1,800 for the year.

Using jobs as the sole indicator of the validity of a market is a mistake as jobs can and have disappeared just as fast as they arrived.

(LOL)Edited: No, data here would not yield any statistically valid correlations to success, I'm sure.  

,Your concerns on high-rises are valid.

It would be very, very dangerous for a landlord to participate in what is being described.How would you validate that what the landlord was saying is true?  

The other employers are Goodyear, hospitals, Government contractors, growing natural gas industry etc.

Well, those were the 2 guys that I was surrounded by, so that validated the class pretty much right off the rip for me.

If it's landlord insurance, in order to have a claim covered they may require a copy of a valid lease.

Did the owner show you valid documentation or just gave you a number off the top of his head?