Finally, BP has various tools available to help you analyze your deals (rental, flips, wholesale, etc), feel free to use them: https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators Please let me know if I can help, and best of luck!

And the final option is also cash out refinance and rent the entire house, which would get twice the current rent.

Finally, I like serving a population in need while still making the same amount of money. 

After finally evicting a tenant they've been trying to get rid of for the last two years, they want to unload the house and we're talking about selling it to me.The house is valued currently i think around $460k.

Long time BP Podcast listener and site lurker finally taking the dive in the very near future.

Hello, BiggerPockets community, I am a senior in my final semester at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. 

Footnote #5: Real Estate Taxes are an estimate based on that the buildings will be assessed at a market value of 80% of the asking price; as a result this will be readjusted based on the final purchase price and when the property is eventually reassessed.

We are finally getting closer to making a move.

Finally, I am sure some of you would be good candidates to come on the show, so if you're interested doing a practice run for when you make it on the BP podcast, send me a message! 

When the tenant did finally call to ask about the locks being changed, she explained that her roommate and she had parted on bad terms.This is not over - the owner faces potential issues due to the do-it-yourself eviction (not legal in IL).