My guess is without experience, you will be hard pressed to find a bank that will let you self manage/GC the build.  

There is typically a planning committee involved.If your house looks like a single family property and is in the middle of a residential block - they may be hard pressed to grant your exception. 

The important lesson I learn is to be patient and not pushy about pressing real estate investing onto him, but just casually talking about it here and there while letting him exploring other things out there.   

If you are in Chicago you really need an attorney because your resident will get on for free in the Peoples Republic of Cook County.I am not an attorney, do not play one on TV and this is not to be considered legal advice.

As long as we run the printing press through qualitative easing, we will continually be going through real estate bubbles.The sad thing is that these liberal policies make the rich richer.

There has been some recent press about the re-assessment.

If you keep jumping to the next interesting topic then it is no different than watching tv.

Some companies also run TV and Radio ads.You can search real estate transactions in your tax database.

He did not go, 7/7 still no payment I filled for eviction, court day 7/21, 7/10 received text if I continue to press for payment he will said there is mold on apartment and I will spend money and he will leave there for free" he knows how things go". 

Several assaults with a deadly weapon, one even with a firearm:Average rent for a 3 bedroom in the area is $1,300 but since it's close to the Med Center and remodeled you might get lucky with an employee there and be able to press it closer to $1,500.What does your financing look like?