I think sending mailers to a specific group of sellers will be the best way to find off market deals with my criteria, and I am trying to learn the process and would love suggestions on search criteria that have been helpful when creating sellers lists, and what list broker you found most helpful.Oak Park, ILJefferson Park, ChicagoWicker Park, ChicagoBucktown, ChicagoLogan Square, ChicagoHumbolt Park, Chicago (nicer east pockets by Wicker Park)Hazel Crest, ILHomework, ILFloosmoor, ILTinley Park, IL"Northwest Indiana".. not that familiar to be honestWhere in greater Chicago am I skipping?

Advice: Act on bigger deals sooner and create more relationshipsDone differently: taken more action - bought more properties and held on to as many as possible (less flips), bought larger multi-familiesChoices that didn't produce desired outcomes: Side tracked on deals that didn't fit my modelHorror stories: I talked about this on my podcast interview with Joe Fairless, but not having written contracts/agreements.

This created the issue of tenants breaking the lease and a three month rehab project.  

The insatiable hunger for mortgage-backed securities created a need for lower and lower qualified borrowers, which ran up prices.

I think your question is whether you want individuals as members of an LLC vs LLCs within LLC?

I'm a "big picture" guy who has a vision and creates plans and goes after them with intensity. 

Is it cost effective to replace and set up individual meters?

As a possible solution, I located an online form submission site that allows me to create a custom form, to which I can provide a link in my advertisement.

Plus you create a nice home for somebody to live in, increase tax revenues, and better the community.

Just think about them on an individual basis...or even as pairs, where when there is a problem with one, it leads to one of the other "targets" as the solution.