@Christopher Cook Thank you, it is always nice to have support and guidance when it matters most. 

The houses will be fully furnished from beds, TV in living room to pots and dinnerware, etc. 

Wade Cook one of the original real estate gurus once said Something like I never made millions in real estate but made 10s of millions teaching others how to make millions, he's currently in federal prison.  

For those who having nothing better to do...The quest for greater understanding birthed from a strong overwhelming desire for passive income led me somehow to Bigger Pockets (I think I Googled "how to make passive income")—which led me to the concept of passive income through Real Estate Investing—which led me to the strategy of Wholesaling to boot strap my way into an REI career to work my goals for creating passive income—which led me (somehow) to Rich Dad Poor Dad—which led me to Googling everything there is to Google about Wholesaling—which led me to hundreds of PDF files, podcasts (especially Flip2Freedom), webinars, Youtube videos and Steve Cook's old website (forget name of)—which led me to Steve's book "Wholesaling for Quick Cash"—which I read like 4 times until pretty much every paragraph was highlighted and underlined LOL—which led me to the desire to get my real estate license—which led me to leave my secure government job (in a down market) to join a mom & pop real estate company without the mom and really no source of lead flow other than past clients and referrals and no agent lead gen training—which led me to being broke and regretting my decision to leave my secure job—which led me to God to pray for help financially, guidance and wisdom—which led me to a small random weird ad in the real estate jobs section of Craigslist—which led me directly to a nationally known REI "Guru" who just so happen to be looking to do virtual wholesaling in the Indy market—which led me to becoming an Acquisitions Manager and successfully executing several wholesale transactions. 

I work two jobs, and one day would like to meet my and my wife's goals of home ownership and having her stay home with our daughter and our soon-to-be son (he's still cooking in there for 9 more weeks).  

If I remember correctly the rules for Cook county are different than the rest of the 7-county metro area, so do not assume the same rules apply everywhere.

@Purnell Cook

@Brandy Cook - Welcome to BP.

As I've said before, banks are tiring of the lookielous that don't have a pot to piddle in.

I looked a multi unit buildings in Cook and Dupage counties casually and haven't found any good deals yet.