Have family throughout DuPage and was thinking out there or central-western Cook thinking there's probably families trying to get into good school districts and not a lot of SFH rentals in areas like Wheaton/Naperville/Downers Grove but am finding the cashflow doesn't make sense for 90% of the deals I analyze.

What I'm trying to analyze/figure out is:1) shouldn't my offer be less than the listed price as my buyer would want a deal?

You'll have to run the capex against rate of return, but be sure to analyze holistically, not just a one-off improvement.

Basically, when I’m ready to buy, I can look at the numbers and say “yep, that’s the one” just because I’ve been working so much on analyzing while saving

Biggerpockets also has a calculator you can use to analyze deals and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

Although it's much more popular in the summer and you can get more money for rentals around that time, you're still getting people in the winter because it's so close to ski resorts.

So yesterday my partner and I finally analyzed two properties in our area - by leveraging the rental property calculator (what a tool). 

I need to get in some properties and analyze them to get practice.I guess the end question is, how do i find a local mentor that fallows BP?

I am trying to analyze deals these days and came across this 4 square method.According to these numbers even with 1% rule, I am not able to get 200 per door per month.Is this what your guys' numbers look like?

This is especially advantageous to individuals who are new to real estate and don't want to completely mess up which has a higher likelihood with the first few deals or those - like myself - who know enough to know they just don't have the time any longer to vet markets, build a team, analyze countless deals, and every other minor step that seems to often be skirted over when folks on here talk about their successes.