Chicago is a great place to live, work, offers higher income options,  world class entertainment, fine dining,  theaters,  arts, etc. 

I was thinking about selling Commercial RE, however; I can't afford to do it because the investment business is more lucrative and I don't want to spend the time to BUILD an agent business. 

Now, here’s another great piece of advice for median rent and income analysis:Make sure the median income is 3x the median rent (or the rent you want to charge).It is highly recommended you follow this advice because you wouldn’t want to have a tenant who cannot afford your property.Next, analyzing the crime rate of an area is also a crucial step of market analysis.

Just speaking generally, $2,000 is not nearly a big enough budget to build anything useful.I find it hard to believe there isn't already a well developed scheduling/calendar SaaS product that someone else has already developed that you could pay an affordable monthly subscription.Here's 3 I found just doing a google search ranging from $8 to $50 per month.https://calendly.com/https://simplybook.me/en/https://acuityscheduling.com/s...Sometimes it's easier (and cheaper) to just pay someone else a monthly subscription instead of trying to re-create the wheel.

Third, as other's have mentioned, I simply can't see how any investor whoever it may be would every purchase any property in St Paul after this initiative, so there goes development, including that of new or renovated affordable housing, and also of entertainment, shops, etc, which attract the affluent into the city and stimulate the economy. 

I have talked to many people who I know about their financial situation and they are getting loans on homes they can't afford (unfortunately far too prevalent in the military). 

@Dylan DomingueFirst things firstMost 22 unit motels are management intensive as the revenue is too small to afford a top manager or a hotel operator.

Initially, my goal was just to house hack so I could afford my own home, but as I did more research I discovered the world of real estate investing.

Fixed Income residents can lose their Homes because they can no longer afford the Taxes and Insurance.

Helpful to know what I can really afford.