Is there an existing Chicago real estate discord group I could join?

Buy Box / About Me: 1) Class B+ or A area 2) long term buy and hold 3) Seeking cash flow and appreciation (fine breaking even with rent if long term growth exists) 4) Good school system and economic growth in area 5) seeking area with young family and rental demand 

That's another way that people find money to start investing - home equity/cash out refinance of existing property.

After taxes, hoa, mortgage, insurance, I end up with slightly negative cashflow.

It's frustrating, but with low taxes, relatively low insurance and no mortgage payment, I am flowing about $12,500 a year just from that one house (less than 5 year ROI). 

Notably, I have invested personal funds into clearing a portion of the land, complementing existing features such as solid fences and a stock pond.Recently, the owner of the leased land has offered me the first right of refusal as the property has come up for sale.

I also have the option of a purchase mortgage with a pledge of the down payment from investments but don’t have to actually put the money down, vs a conventional.

I used to be a mortgage broker and was much more aggressive when I was younger.

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Hi Everyone,
We are three buddies starting out the investment together and have an LLCregistered.Now that we have identified the property to buy ,we reached out to AXOS and were given the option to take conventional ...