To anyone who hasn't done this yet, it is a multi-step process.  

I currently own three single-family rentals and just closed on my first multi-family property, a fourplex. 

Therefore, it's required to put up window guards for their safety.

That being said, I'm interested in small multi-family since it will likely cashflow positively (at least a little) from day one.

I even had this problem in my personal home and a steam mop handled the issue,

I currently have a full-time career as a senior engineer in the aerospace industry, but I’ve always been interested in real estate, and I view REI as a way to supplement my future retirement.I’m interested in initially doing fix and flips to build up capital for buy and hold investments in multi-family properties, and I have about $200K in home equity that I can leverage to get started.

Not sure if they still do but Louisville used to have an investor meet up pretty regularly.Another option could be to sell and upgrade to multi family.

The biggest advice I can give you is to figure out your own goals, and be specific, so I want to invest in multi family for cash flow for instance is too broad, is your goal to have an investment or a place you enjoy living, those are often in conflict as most multi family tends not to be in the most desirable parts of towns, are you willing to high cash flow in exchange for alot more effort, risk and limited appreciation, or do you want a more stable property with potentially less or even zero cash flow, if it’s a primary residence, are you going to live there long enough to make it more sense than renting, the breakeven period in a place like Baltimore might be 3-5 years.

Should we bother trying to wrestle with Trendmaker or HVAC company, who has since rebranded, for compensation (all of this did lead to significant health issues which is another story entirely as well) Question #2...

The city of Chicago will issue a zoning Certificate -which you have to have to close.