As I go through this journey I have also decided to educate myself in real estate investment so that I can be best prepared for July 2020, this is the point when I will be debt-free and will be shifting all my energy to actively investing in real estate utilizing the BRRR method.To that end, I have made it a goal to analyze 2 properties per day so I can become familiar with my area and become comfortable analyzing properties...and that is where my issue is.

Also, after reading this discussion, I'm wondering if we should put the toilet down first and then caulk around the bottom of the toilet in the bathroom, instead of putting the vinyl under the toilet  and not installing under the frig and stove in the kitchen, since it's supposed to be free-floating. 

If you have any further questions or if there's anything else we can assist you with, please feel free to reach out to us.Thank you! 

If anyone has any good leads on businesses they recommend for the fence (temp fence with windscreen bc its Chicago, sandbags) and porta-potty, please feel free to share your sources.

Feel free to reach out, happy to help however I can. 

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*We are married so $500,000 tax free.

There are 157 units total. 30 units are occupied by the current owner, another 40 are sitting vacant, and I counted at least 20 that are delinquent.

Feel free to connect and I'll be happy to share more thoughts and insights. 

.- as for regulation, you could buy multiple cashflowing condo STR in vacation-resort zone- but best total return is always single family home, again with 5 mil I would entirely do flip in the richest neighborhood day and night.