And looking to enhance my life and career as a real estate investor with my husband.My back ground in sales in the Building Industry has lead me to RE and towards the path of Real Estate Investing.

Like other government backed loans (FHA ,USDA), even a few square inches of peeling paint will result in a rejection. 

NWI is receiving MASSIVE amounts of funding from the State (check it out here: http://www.rdatransformation.com/) to boost the economy and enhance public transportation to/from Chicago. 

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Investing since 2011 I am always trying to find ways to enhance my portfolio.

This generally means past slow pays, over 30s, one or 2 over 60s that were brought current and currently behind inching toward 30 days again.

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We recently had a deck built the top riser was off 3/8 of an inch the inspector made the contractor rip off the entire set of steps.. and start from scratch.. so before you start making the landings narrower..( any restrictions on width) I'd call inspector..Can you add a landing on the ground level a base platform if that's the section of stairs that's off.. or a cement pad..

Other things that are going to be region specific like things to do with basements, boilers etc.Something else to be aware of in construction this old is that a lot of the wood used is actually measured "as advertised"  If you walk into Home Depot today and buy a 2x4 it doesn't actually measure 2 inches by 4 inches, Much of the older construction used wood that actually was 2 inches by 4 inches so some measurements can be off if you are trying to do work and wonder why things aren't lining up the way you thought they should.