Formerly an analyst and commercial real estate broker with Cushman & Wakefield (world's largest privately held RE firm), I now manage equity and real estate investments for a few families.

I'd also be interested to see what the actual issues are between seller and buyer other than price.I'm currently working for one of the largest general contractors in Texas that builds self storage almost exclusively.  

You made the first step in connecting on the largest social network specifically for the Real Estate Investing industry.

My one word of warning about checking out investments in Chicago proper is the massive tax increase (Largest in the city's history) just hit.

I was raised on the 5th largest cattle operation in Oregon.

The easiest way to find them is just get on Meetup.com and just look for the largest groups in the Metro.Let me know if you have any questions, you are welcome to MSG/text anytime.Good Luck!

Anthony:While we are the second largest country in the world geographically, our population is ~1/9th that of the U.S.A. and 85 - 90% of that population lives within 200 miles of the Canada / U.S.A. border.  

The rental income basically covers the mortgage and we live for free, effectively eliminating one of the largest expenses of any household. 

As for Zillow, I am sales director of a real estate firm owned by the largest construction lender in the southeast, therefore we deal with most of the preconstruction financing and dealing with a good source of investors.

The area you are talking about was recently written by MSN to be one of 5 of the worst states suffering the largest drop in the real estate market.