I hate deep cleaning and have never even remotely done it as a profession, but I do a substantially better job than any company I've ever hired. 

You're not in a good position to buy right now and not only would you be getting in over your head you would be losing money. 

I just bought a distressed 4-plex in need of substantial renovations relatively close to Bradley.

These are true deadbeats and I hope once they get their head out of the sand find themselves in a rough situation for their selfishness. 

I'm trying to wrap my head around the BRRRR calculator.

@Elijah Wichers yes-I think that using an FHA loan to get a head start and house hack is a good way to start if you have very little capital.

Thanks for the heads up

I am glad we dove in head first and got in when we did, and if I were to give you any advice, its to try and own asap to stop giving your money to a rental.

Maybe if you had some sort of substantial company company... 

We spent close to $150K buying and flipping these rentals and I was shocked to see that our taxes INCREASED by several thousands of dollars even though we made such a major investment and took on substantial debt to buy these houses (in the form of a HELOC and an additional mortgage).Is this typical?