Taxes are reasonable as is Maint Fee.

My main reason for looking into hard money lenders was because i was thinking about getting into brrrr deals to build up my properties faster just not sure if it was to high risk to start off with as i don't have all that much equity and funding as of now in case something in the project didn't go as planned.

Thomas:You have raised a compelling reason for why it would benefit you and your company to raise this institutional fund, but you haven't explained why it would be attractive for the institutional investor.

This is the precise reason why cash-for-keys is almost always better, especially in Cook County.

I'm wondering what people's thoughts are on the area, both as a rental market/cash flow, but also the chances of gaining some appreciation there if/when things improve there.It does look like there are some relatively reasonably priced (In terms of the average cost in Miami these days) properties for sale there - both single family and multi-family.

Complexity being that my mom is retired and doesn't want ANY income for whatever financial planning reasons and she doesn't want to do the work, but she's liking the idea of keeping the wealth in the family and we've had a very good financial relationship for my entire adult life.

I am not a first time buyer and am looking to purchase for investment reasons.

Has anyone used Chris Rood coaching or Vena Cox-Jones?  

The reason I am planing to insure this duplexes at $60K each is because I am purchasing them at $21.4k each.

The reason is that YOU are not really approved, as you would be for conventional financing.