The property is appraised at 900k. 1AC building lot should fetch about half million.

Which easiest one syary out with having  no money yo invest in realestate?

@Josh Rodriguez Here are some resources to help you analyze different markets: Census Bureau: American Community Survey (ACS)  The ACS was launched in 2005 and is administered every year by the Census Bureau to roughly three and a half million households in the USA.

Luckily this was a newer home and I really had no issues to deal with and my tenants were able to cover the mortgage, taxes and half my insurance on the property.

This apartment building is located in a great area and quiet neighborhood where other million or half-a-million dollar homes are at.

If you can get over to Oak Park, that will be easiest for me.

Draw up a 2,5 and 10 year plan and figure out which method will allow you to get to your end-goal the easiest.

BUT in five years that only brings me to a little under half my goal and taps out my 'Investment savings' (assuming we stay at a steady income level). 

If the existing 'main' MLS in an area wants to get most or all of the local listings, they need to step up, be the most modern, up to date, easiest to use, add value, etc, and not be the clunky 1990s-feeling websites/portals that they currently are.

For over half a million bucks?