Logan Square, Avondale, Irving Park(basically blue line stops California through Irving Park) are good areas to look.  

Plus I'll have the worry of having to get a car since I will no longer have access to the "L" (blue line) So the feeling of not being in a nice area, added expense of a car (which I'll have to incur regardless)Thoughts? 

Claire       For those of you wondering about tenant friendly vs. landlord friendly states..RentCafe published the link below last year     https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/renting/states-best-worst-laws-renters/In simple terms the GENERAL....and I do mean GENERAL rule of thumb is that Red (Republican) States overall seem to be more landlord friendly than Blue (Democrat) states that tend to be more tenant friendly.

OOS has its challenges, but so does making no money and dealing with blue state politics  

Hi again, Taj -I have a mix of single family, multi family and condos in New York and Chicago and I am getting more than $200 in cash flow per unit, but I tend to take a risk-averse blue chip strategy.  

(as is my husband, writing it for me) :):)  It will surely be on the planning commission agenda to limit these in certain neighborhoods, possibly the law will eventually allow, or not....The hotels and motels hate them, but they are BIG business and bring in a massive amount of money that will go elsewhere if not allowed. ..it's the way many of us expect to travel today..These properties also are taxed at a non-homestead rate so for every rental, the city, village LeBarbe Blue or township will collect 40% more in tax base......so there's the good , the bad, and the ugly... 

In the map the darker the blue the more the increase (look at Jersey City right above it) and the darker the red shows decrease in pricing.  

Especially in the blue-collar Rainier Valley, there are still reasonably priced options for a house-hack and they have been steadily appreciating in value.

Will be much easier for the hipsters to ride their Vespa's to buy Pabst Blue Ribbon now (I joke!). 

Hey everybody,I was wondering if there were any blue prints out there to double my investment in a year.EX.