If I'm right about paying no tax on a land contract for an amount exactly what I paid plus all improvements, then I'd rather do that than take the hit on the sale.  

However, I went to the first meeting and the main speaker was an out-of-town guy giving a super high-pressure sales job for some MLM program called "Financial Education Services Protection", which didn't actually have anything to do with real estate, other than he was pitching us to pressure credit challenged prospects into buying this (my opinion) predatory program.

If you're not willing to cramp your style enough to plex hack, let's see if you can do small things every day to improve yourself.Rates on the cards and car don't matter.

Others choose to claim CCA each year, which means they have some tax savings and could use those savings for improvements, maintenance, or other investments.

I'm looking to switch my service any advice on which one I should use 

If you cannot afford to pay a property manager, and you don't want to quit your Job, then you should consider paying down some loans to improve cash flow rather than buying more units.

My company offers a loan based on ARV (after repair value); so the appraisal estimates what the market value will be after repairs or other improvements are completed.

Hi @Brad Chatman @Eric Michaels make some worthy points to look into.I invest where I live in SE Chicago and me living here is the only reason - to improve where I live and it's easier for me to deal with.

I know about the services Costar offers, but I'm wondering who or where typically has this information on hand locally?

By help I mean like getting someone else to put the house under their name until he improved his credit.