Hi Mark and welcome to BP!  

Do you know someone who may be willing to do that for a small mark up?

hi @James CapovillaIf you are looking at cashflow and recycle deposit you are going to have to find stuff with a twist at the moment, like renovation or maybe new build (due to the lower deposit rules for new build)The only problem at the moment is being nearer the top rather than the bottom of a market cycle at the moment not much will be available for that much under the ARV.As for sourcing agents(buyers agents), we work with a couple down here and who are nationwide, Mark Honeybone at Property Ventures and @nick gentle at iFindproperty.K

There's no magic button to push to automate the entire buying process, agents wouldn't exist and Zillow would be where everyone went to buy and sell homes with the click of a button.

But, I suspect that if you look, you can find properties that are closer to that 5%+ mark, around where you were when you first bought this property.

Good day mark- Rats tend to go after dry cat food.

Scenario 3 - If at the time you initially invested I had immediately turned around and handed you back $500 and not given you anything for the next 5 years, at that 5 year mark it still would be a 10% return.Obviously there is a difference in those 3 above scenarios, despite the fact that the COC is the same, and that difference is when you get the money. 

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Originally posted by @Mark Kovacs:I am a Cleveland native but have been in Chicago for about 10 years.

Sure you weren't born into money or prestigious family, so you can't be bill gates or mark Zuch, but you can get a LOT of success just by working hard.