If you are serious about creating a portfolio of passive RE investments, you will eventually want to look out of state (think about people who live in CA or HI!)

I have a multi-unit property under contract right now in the city of L.A., a city that has rent control. 

If any other Windy City investors want to chat or grab coffee, I would love to hear about your experiences!

Our Vacancy across the state is really low, and in certain cities it's lower than state wide. 

I am more interested in buying homes outright from inner city land banks and finding other investors to add capital into fixing these homes for purchase or rental options.

The zombie cities will be used by the government.

Looking to try my hand at investing in a rental property here in Kansas City Kansas in the Wyandotte county area.

I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a good accountant in the Contra Costa county of California (San Francisco East Bay area - e.g., Walnut Creek, Concord, Martinez, Lafayette areas).  

I can't wait to start making connections in the Atlanta area and hope to be part of many success stories in this wonderful city.

IN   WA OR CA NV and I THINK AZ  there is no deficiency judgment allowed on a purchase money first loan for owner occ.. so in those states its business as usualI think the more pressing issue is values have come back up and less people are underwater than were before.I understand Texas can be a mother when it comes to chasing deficiancies and something that most folks don't know or understand.