About / Members – Neighborhood Building Owner's Alliance (nboachicago.com)Another great spot to check out would be the Straight Up Chicago Investor's Podcast website which keeps an up-to-date list of meetups as well. 

It increases cost and creates time pressure that he would not have from a straight sale.

Pretty straight forward and reliable.

They are in violation of copyright law and shouldn't do it.This is straight from the Chicago Association of REALTORS website:A reminder that the Chicago Residential Lease, and all of CAR’s forms and contracts, are an exclusive member benefit for use only by Chicago Association of REALTORS® members or those who are party to a transaction facilitated by a Chicago Association of REALTORS® member.

There may be instances of gain to recognize if it’s deemed a disguised sale, but for simplicity sake, the assumption is this is just a straight transfer)

Hey, thanks for setting me straight.

Hey All,I'm new to RE investing and jumping straight into multifamily and apartments.

The website has some warnings, but the Sheriff is selling the properties, so they aren’t necessarily going to give me the straight dope.Not being able to see the inside is tricky.

Screening college kids is tricky, they don't have any credit history, and I'm not going to call their RA (if they're straight out of the dorms or their parents house).

We do have a lender lined up and do have an agent.I'm thinking about going straight through the title company because my agent did not find this property and did not do any of the seller negotiation.