One thing i am concerned with in Chicago is simply the price of properties.

It kind of concerned me that it was so easy.

If you have concerns about the area being slow, I would request to see all the expired listings for the last year.

I think my concern is that if you allow yourself to be paralzed waiting for the right time, you will still be on the sidelines in 10 years.

Also realtor fees are usually only 6% of the sales price (195,000*.06=11,700).Now when you say "ranch" I get some concerns.

What things should we be concerned about?

I dont want to steel it from him but I cant give him fair market value cause of all the work it needs.

The cost of a furnace isn't as expensive as I thought.The "maybe" is due to the drain pan running over a few times and causing some rust.

But, I feel I am punishing other family members who are not guilty of causing any problems.

Hello everyone my name is Will and I would like to say that I really like this forum and thank you for helping people who are just starting out or are thinking about starting like me.Well, not long ago I was in a dilemma between taking Animation or Real Estate, well that is no more for I have decided to go for REI, I am a full-time legal clerk I work for my parents managing their immigration business here in LA despite the love* I get from older employees/co-workers I manage and everything is under control.Now what I was wondering is how can you get started in REI since I work full-time and I can’t leave my job cause if I do there will be no one to watch out for the business, thing is I want to see how much you would need to start investing after learning the process that is, if say I had $5,000 or even $10,000 in hard cash which I know is not much, but is there any way and I mean any way one could start investing with that kind of money off the bat?