Alternative is to market it yourself (Zillow/Apartment.com/Craiglist/FB Marketplace) but get prepared to send 1-2 hours a day weeding out unqualified people.

Are there any recommendations or alternatives to consider? 

Maybe even look at how life came back after massive natural calamities like the Japanese Tsunami or Hurricane Katrina or how lower Manhattan rolled after 9-11 even better how life worked post SARS although we in the US remained largely unimpacted.

A little lesson on heating: everything in nature wants equilibrium and is lazy air, water, heat, electricity etc.

Alternately since you are in Chicago some now collect a move in fee instead of a deposit or use some sort of security deposit insurance (e.g.

My thought is these activities are active in nature and I'm looking for strategies to move some of my expenses move from the passive category to active so I can get some tax benefits against my W2 income.Would creating a Construction LLC be a good idea to implement this strategy? 

Generating actionable steps is intuitive to some and less so to others.Hope this alternative perspective is helpful.

@Nigel GiovanniHello Nigel, I'm connected to an alternative lending group that specializes in fix and flip financing.

Again, it depends on the nature of your investments. 

Alternatively, check the network section for Investors to whole sale to.