Other than the U.S. try to guess the other two countries...1) This country sells milk in the grocery store in strange plastic pouches2) This oil rich country bans the sale of bacon in grocery stores.

I'm all for standards and safety, but often times the city is in dire need of money so they find every way they can to milk you.A side note, my appraisal was a "drive by" and not a full-on $500 home appraisal so they didn't actually go inside and measure the sqft, but i'm still quite confident that they will not use the added bedrooms because they were not permitted.  

I also mention to tenants (in passing conversation) how much it hurts them to use certain firms that are known for setting up somewhat frivolous lawsuits for CRLTO stuff - when I see those firms names as representing an applicant in a previous suit, no way am I renting to them.Unfortunately, with the legal atmosphere here in Chicago, these shady firms/attorneys regularly mail out and advertise to tenants just fishing for someone who might be swayed by their offer of a $5k payday due to their landlord's failure to abide 100% by the CRLTO or in the hopes that they can milk a settlement because the landlord cannot afford to defend themselves.Good news for you is that this attorney has no reputation, so if you pair up with a solid and well know landlord's attorney, they'll likely be clobbered in court, assuming they've actually filed suit.

Our plan is to buy a duplex or triplex close to downtown or in the milk district.

Last year I started a goat milk lotion business that I was able to sell after 1 year for a decent profit.

Or perhaps milking you with repeated service calls?

milk is $7.00 a gal, drinking water in the store is $6.00 a gal. 

Just because someone is on section 8 doesn't meant they are a bad person...you just need to decide if you're going to be a landlord who accepts section 8 tenets or a "slum lord" who tries to milk every penny they can out of the system.

A contractor isn't needed until you have a job for them to bid.Gurus talk about "building a team" first because they know (I suspect) that most will spin their wheels doing that for long enough to milk them for a few thousand extra dollars in "coaching."  

All while working as humble teachers in a city where a gallon of milk can cost $8!