I am considering 3 options to finance my first deal below.  I would appreciate any and all ideas/feedback from this excellent forum.  Thank you.First some specifics on the deal:  This is my first deal.  Long on resear...

Let me know what you think.As a matter of information, smoking is prohibited inside our rental units.If you decide that the apartment would meet your needs and wish to proceed with the application process, a “deposit to hold” binder equal to a month’s rent would need to be collected at that time.

I am 25, originally from the northern Chicago suburbs, and will be moving back home in about a week.After a lot of reading/listening, I have "decided" that I want my first investment to be a house hack on the north side of Chicago, ideally in Lakeview/Wicker Park/Logan Square/Bucktown areas, but I'm open to other neighborhoods. 

If I decided to keep renting instead of selling,  how hard is hard money to find for additional investments ?

However, I will probably buy a home in another area of the country when I do decide to settle down. 

I did something similar when I started I picked 3 cities after doing tons of research visited all 3 and made a decision.When I visited I saw they were building a new monorail in CLT and decided to invest there.Another thing to consider to make your life easier is compare flights from your home base.

So just about 3 weeks ago I finally decided to resign from my current w-2 and go to school to be a licensed RE agent.

Of course this must be done within the framework of the laws, but I believe you get to decide what you think is a fair split, and then offer that to the investors that are interested. 

I don’t see anything happening soon, but I do predict something will happen in our market so decided I want to diversify.    

I suppose I “house hacked” without realizing because I decided shortly after moving in I wanted to move to the city, so I began renting out my home.