If you are in this position offer to help them move and pay for moving van, boxes, packing supplies, etc.

In the first case the rent-to-value (RV ratio) will be much less than 1%.

Many more to come :)I'm trying to be excited however I'm so sick and tired of Chicago that if I could just pack my family and go, that would be wonderful.

There are over 300 of them, jammed pack with the information you need.

There is an option for RV, lodges, etc.

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It's jammed packed and I'm learning a lot.

And yes, we were there on Thursday and Friday and it was packed. 

As @Brandon Turner likes to quote, "if knowledge was the answer, we'd all be billionaires with six-pack abs

Perhaps there's kind of a more regional 'follow the leader' kind of pack mentality with some bank guidelines where you're from.