Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Oak Park.

I've invested mostly in multifamily but have also invested in a mobile home park, light industrial, oil an field, and a Yacht Club / Bed & Breakfast deal.  

Purchase price: $615,000 Cash invested: $115,000 Gorgeous duplex located on park in central Chicago (West Town neighborhood) - perfect for STRs

I’m currently reading The Book on Rental Property Investing and just upgraded to the Pro Membership on BiggerPockets with the hopes of networking and learning as much as I can.A quick background: I’m currently a safety manager for the one of the nation’s premier electrical contractors.

And In Pasadena and Severna Park there are not many vacant lot transactions to make a comparison .

You could also compare to state and national averages.

These Realtors have earned the designation from The National Association of Realtors and specialize in representing international buyers purchasing in the US. realtor dot com has a filter to find these agents.

By which I mean there will be free national websites for commercial  like Zillow or Trulia where you can see everything people are offering for sale and what they're asking, Sort of like CREXI or Loopnet or the one that was sued out of existence but more complete and comprehensive.But I don't think that will stop the 'pocket listing' process because that happens today in residential with really sought after properties.Nor do I think it will diminish the value of a really good commercial broker.When Zillow/Trulia/Redfin all came out people predicted all of the RE agents would lose their jobs and no one would ever pay a real estate commission again.

I want to be around schools, parks, jobs, grocery stores.

Garage is a place to park cars , it is not a climate controlled area for storing furniture .