You will have the opportunity to meet like minded individuals with all different levels of investing. 

Toilet is held by 2 bolts and nuts and any skilled person can replace it in 10 minutes unless it has cast iron waste line or an uneven floor.

If the owner redeems the 2nd month after you bought the OTC, you only get the 3% (1.5% x 2 months).Exercise those due diligence skills!

Then, obtain quotes from at least three actual contractors. ( insurance and all that depending on the work)You'll likely encounter three types of contractors:The Super Expensive Guy: Highly skilled but often in high demand, resulting in premium pricing.The Average Guy: Offers good quality work at a reasonable price.

Then focus on improving your interviewing skills to help you build a solid team on the ground wherever you do choose to invest.

Chase Bank told me that they do setup accounts at the series level. 

This has affected me on an emotional level far deeper than it has economically. 

You'll definitely get the long term appreciation in the San Diego market since our supply levels remain low which helps to insulate our market here, but it will be hard to cash flow on immediately unless you use one of the above strategies I mentioned. 

3) It's been 5+ years since we've seen a S8 tenant lose their voucher for property damages, not paying their portion of the rent or utilities, or other lease violations (letting others move in with them).It's our opinion that #2 & #3 above are caused by overworked caseworkers not having the time to process the extra required paperwork, so they take the path of least resistance.4) S8 needs someone at the federal level to put more of the program online and streamline the process!

Here's a link to the data: https://mred.stats.10kresearch.com/infoserv/s-v1/vwxv-Zs5What this data shows at a Macro level is that the Chicago market is doing fine, but the market is too large to use that data to make any decisions about where you want to house hack.