However, this is likely from appreciation which is great... and leads me to 3...3) How much home value is your equity controlling?

Greetings BP RE Agents,I’m new to being an agent, and I was wondering how do you guys advertise or how did you gain the most leads (which lead to closings).

I plan to by 1 property in year 1, 2 in year 2, 3 in year 3, and so on with a final goal of 10 properties paid in full all generating passive cash flow.

I am looking to learn about probate in the state of Illinois. Is their anyone here on bigger pockets that lives here in the state that I can talk with and possibly pick up some pointers from?

Are you trying to generate cash flow?

Saw a post a while back about getting leads from attending some estate sales and wanted to see I found anyone has ever had any success or has closed on a wholesale deal from going to an estate sale!

I know a lot of property management companies out there will pay a referral fee to the realtors that send them positive leads.This is great as long as the PM company is reliable.When working with REIs, your word is your bond, and you need to vet the PM companies before sending referrals their way.Also, you probably want to make sure the PM company sends the lead back to you if they decide to sell.Am I missing anything?

They were not great ideas to begin with and now we would like to consolidate all of these small funds into a real estate purchase that would generate better cash over time. 

We have a lead that we would need to add SQFT to it in order to get our maximum ARV and wanted to know if anyone has experience, rather good or bad?

No, just 25 yrs of experience being involved in literally thousands of deals and watching realtors do things the wrong way or take shortcuts, loosing deal after deal for my borrowers is what has taught me what works best.Unfortunately, down here in FL, everybody and their mother has had or has a real estate lic. and too many think or lead their clients to think they know a lot more than they really do.