But yeah–I struggle with that.Also, I feel it would be a strong tenant-friendly state.

I'd follow JW's thought process and even consider posting a note on your neighboring doors...to let them know as a neighbor that it isn't appreciated that there is smoking inside, please kindly consider taking your smoking outside.I feel like the approach is everything here...Chicago is a weird place and hard to enforce a lot of things.  

I knew I didn't feel confident, so I hired it out.

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Here's an article with FAQs on cost segregation that you may find helpful:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1113749-cost-...Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Being in an up and coming neighborhood, I feel like that is a prime location for a developer to look to purchase (the houses and the garages, which my house would be right in the middle of) to put up a multi unit dwelling.

We obviously are not trying to change our identity but do feel that we should be paying attention and planning for new opportunities that will align with our businesses.

If not feel free to DM, I'm happy to send you a recommendation. 

The seller was a contractor who lived in it with his wife and took excellent care of the house which makes us feel great about the purchase. 

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