I’ve also heard a few investors say that it’s a good rule of thumb to set aside 10% of my gross income every month for CAPEX.

I was able to take a loan on my 401k to help pay down our house, but I was recently fully disabled so there wasn't any penalties for us.Get a good CPA and get started.Plus you could always wait a bit and not move on any more properties until you get all this under control.

For those landlords who take security deposits in City of Chicago, is a separate business bank account sufficient for the security deposit or do I still need to set up the special landlord account that requires all W-9 paperwork from tenants etc?

If you are going to house hack, then you could do FHA. 

I held open houses - people flooded in.

Are there alternative ways to sell a house?

Supposed the seller is gonna close on her new house on 7/5 and vacant the property by 7/8 but due to lender was not ready, closing was pushed to 7/9.

it wasn't about the minimum balance fees anymore, now it was about setting my own minimum standards. 

The three best strategies for house hacking right now in 2021 in Denver:1) Rent By Room - buy a large house (5+ bedrooms/3+ Bathrooms) and live in the master room and rent out all the other bedrooms.

If the house were minimally livable based on other prices of houses in the neighborhood, excluding the extra land what do you think the house is worth if you had to sell it?