@Alex FerraroYou can call the City: 312-Seven Four Three-3573 and ask to speak with Robert Bernaki, he's the department manager.Tell them you had an inspection scheduled and the inspector did not show up, and they will usually try to get you rescheduled faster (within the week or sometimes the next day).

I'm strongly considering allowing pets as I have a vacant property and I believe this will allow me to rent it faster.

Faster close and/or fewer or no contingencies are the most common. 

If you have the cash/availability on a credit line any source of capital, a fresh until will rent faster and for more money than what I am seeing in the pictures. 

It increases your cash on cash return and allows you to scale faster. 

Getting a realtor license will not be counted as stable income for potentially quite a while, so if you're trying to raise your income from a lending standpoint, a second w2 is going to get you there faster. 

In addition, carpeting is much faster and cheaper to install which means less down time potentially in an apartment. 

Need to work faster to get it fixed and not over think the small things.

LOIs are faster, more personable and can have multiple options. 

That being said, an investor will let you take on more projects faster, and/or larger projects.