Over time your mind will get stronger and stronger, if you continue to feed motivating content on a regular basis.2.

A better bet though would be buying in a gentrifying area such as West Town, Irving Park or Albany Park which may have stronger upside, you also can get a bit higher cashflow in these areas on condos.

Helped me get personal finances in a much stronger place to continue investing from a position of strength (as Scott Trench would say), while learning the ropes in a pretty low risk way.

Doing this makes you a bigger fish than your competition so you look stronger to sellers.Show POF with your offer. 

Thank you for your insights, the reason I was considering something I had never heard of was because I heard on another podcast a group was also working help tenants save money (like actual savings accounts) to help the tenants build stronger futures.I love the idea of helping people and of course providing a safe environment to live in is doing that. 

This then allows you to put together an even stronger package for the next PML or partner you meet. 

The strong businesses come out even stronger. 

As @Joe Splitrock mentioned, you are giving up control & profits, so the partnership should be something where there is mutual value add happening where you are stronger together in the business venture or deal than separate.

If you are able to offload the property and use that capital to build your STRs up there and produce much stronger cash flow, and still take on the appreciation it might be best.

Lots of red tape, but ultimately made me stronger with my organization, planning and creativity.