Capitalism, and the United States, tends to see the standard of living of it's people increase over time. 

@Lyle Cooper I have a situation where the husband pays in cash his half due to having a cash business and the wife pays her half with a check.

if you know enough to check his work, then rela  x  .Or hire a real contractor.

To start, I'll stick with the standard numbers of 90%/80%/70% until I feel comfortable taking on more risk.* Property location: Visiting a property in person is valuable.

can you please check these pictures and advice?

Definitely check them out for the Chicago area!

Check out places very well before you buy, looking at costs, checking the place top to bottom, looking up who owned it before, comparing prices in the area, checking out tenants, and looking at the legal stuff.

BamX is a pretty good platform for agents to network with one another, brainstorm ideas, learn about sales & marketing, and much more.If you're on IG, check out @thebrokeagent and @nowbamI am also part of similar private platform for agents nationwide - happy to share more info on that if you're interested!

I have seen they have been pushing RentRedi a lot on the podcasts lately and I fell victim to their marketing tactics and checked them out.They seem to have fairly reasonable plans ($9/month for year plan) and offer a variety of features but I am still confused why someone would pay for property management software when there are so many free alternatives out there. 

Regarding two mortgages, thats a great point and I will check with my lender on that.