Feel free to reach out if you need assistance. 

As you said, you do need a RE license to wholesale in IL so that would be a good first step.If you're still looking to house hack or pursue buy & hold deals, feel free to PM me and I think I can point you in the right direction.

The maximum amount of the energy package that can be added to the borrower’s regular FHA loan amount is the lesser of:· A cost-effective improvements to be made (energy package) based on the home energy assessment; or· the lesser of 5 percent of:the Adjusted Value;115 percent of the median area price of a Single Family dwelling; or150 percent of the national conforming mortgage limit.An FHA-approved lender can access FHA’s EEM Calculator to determine the dollar maximum amount that a borrower can finance for energy improvements.

Did do the deprecation thing at least last 2 years though  Wife and I FEEL we need to sell in order to use the equity for a down payment in order to stay local.

Once covid hit KC looked so much more livable and I made the move. 373 is my BP podcast episode before the move! 

wow, I was going to say, I have my own accounting spreadsheet I made with a general ledger and journal and T Accounts (if you've taken a basic accounting course you'll know what that is), but @Megan Greathouse that template is super easy and clean.

feel free to reach out anytime. 

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or ever need anything!

Overall I feel your goal should be "just enough" to make the prospective (most typical "opportunistic") trespasser move along and find an easier target.

I feel like so many people have repeated the "VRBO guests are older and take better care of the place" trope that there is a lot of confirmation bias there, and people just kind of repeat it.