The struggle isn't as much in overcoming barriers to investing, though there are plenty of those as well, but rather working my butt off without taking much time away from my family because all of this is for them anyway.  

You may come across the same struggles as they.

All of that being said the struggle is that flippers, agents and real estate investors in general want things done as cheap as possible.

I currently have the Wink 2 hub up and going, but they are struggling and about to go out of business so I am switching to the Samsung SmartThings hub.

I have family down in Orlando that definitely shares your struggles with finding quality pizza and bagels in Florida.  

Let’s talk as I have questions and am looking for a long term accountant since I’ve been going through a few in the past few years that are struggling with my growing needs as my tax situation changes.

I found one 50-unit in SE Idaho we are closing on, and several others in SLC that were good deals, but for various reasons I was not able to get under contract (usually the capital raise, I struggle with that).

@James Free - I think you have articulated the issue in a way that a lot of people want to, but maybe unsuccessfully struggle to express.

Now we are struggling to find lenders to accomplish the rehab.

I'm looking in Lincoln Park/LakeView, Bucktown/Wicker Park/Logan Square, Little Italy, Gold Coast/Old Town (open to suggestions of other neighborhoods to consider) I'm trying to understand what properties are "a good buy" and what are overpriced but I am struggling to identify appropriate benchmarks: I keep reading about the 2% rule as method to identify "good deals" but I can't seem to find properties that meet this requirement (and I kind of suspect that this is not realistic in Chi).... and I am not even sure what rule of thumb to use to evaluate properties for AirBnB.Anyone willing to share wisdom or - for people owning a similar property - willing to share approximate numbers?