My partner actually lives in the area that we want to invest in.The long term plan is to just use this as a buy and hold.We were planning on splitting all the repair costs.Great insight though, I think we will have to go back to the drawing board and see what type of property would truly benefit both of us.

I did sell mine just a few months ago and I bought a new 4 runner in dec so I could get 100% write off.. but buying gas is a new experience I wont even look at how much it costs I am afraid we are 3.50 to 4.00 her in Oregon..

I told him no, your overpaying buy about 30k.

I bring my investors deals that I would invest in before I buy it.

Biggerpockets also has a calculator you can use to analyze deals and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

I am not sure I buy that Pilsen is the one southside of Chicago neighborhood driving rent increases, but it is surely a gentrifying area and factor.I think Bronzevilles & Woodlawn's ability to have more new developments has allowed that entire se coordinator to become a huge factor on the southside.Regardless, whatever you are doing is working so keep doing it!

Quote from @Lucas Hunt:  I will essentially be managing the entire property/collecting rent and my friend will not have to lift a finger.No offense,  but your friend would be better off buying the property for himself and paying a PM 10%.

Amid the chaos of decision-making around buying, selling, renting, or rehabbing, investors often find themselves seeking ways to simplify their operations.

I am retired and working on career #2 and 2 of 3 of our kids have left for college - our oldest is headed to UConn for her PhD (6 years) and instead of paying to rent, our thoughts are to do a version of a house hack with buying a house/condo and renting out one to two rooms to offset the costs of her rent.

Passive Investment - Buying and holding performing notes for interest income and or investing in debt fund/partials ownership Active Investment - Buying non performing notes to either modify to reperformimg or foreclose for real estate ownership; “working” the notes in your portfolio; or “creating” high yielding investments through various meansNote BUSINESS - Running a note fund; syndicating notes, buying and selling notes, creating partials, brokering notes, etc.