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Thanks Amanda,I've been building my credit using a card.

My difficulty is trying to realize how to make each call to various types (expirds, fsbo, AO, Probate) of properties using a universal script that makes sense....

If your property is nice and prices correctly it will rent. have you thought of using a small piece of high-quality artificial turf and some clean looking fencing? 

Hope to get some appreciation off of what Obama is developing in Jackson Park years down the road but don't go into it with that expectation, just a bonus if it materializes.You could also get into a better neighborhood or a bigger multi unit by using a HML to purchase/rehab and refi at the end of the project.Also, for what it's worth, if you're not going to manage the properties, find your property management FIRST.

I was using a competitor company and never got a single lead.

I suggest using a computer to upload your photo. 4.

The way I look at it using a commercial retail attorney is spending thousands in legal lease fees to protect hundreds of thousands to millions in income over years and years is well worth it. 

If a property is purchased using a Self-Directed IRA, and is retained as rental property, can that property be financed out of the IRA into the company/owner's name with payback of the funds drawn on the IRA? 

This will allow people to get to apartment 2 without using a ladder!