Quote from @Tim Delaney: Quote from @Nilusha Jayasinghe: Quote from @Tim Delaney: It sounds like you would be in a good position to invest some or all of the RE emergency fund in a “safer” index fund.

You can still easily find the 1% rule and positive cash flow and there's amazing appreciation potential.

Plenty of roofstock reviews on BP.

Given that I'm not positioned to buy just yet, and simply running the numbers, is there a rule of thumb for estimating insurance costs that would make sense in Cook County?

They maynot want to do this if they are using a Bank to finance, since thebank will want “First” lien position and you won’t want to do“Second” position.

Left me feeling like a basically have a retail/fulfillment person on my team so I'm a big fan and would recommend giving them a shot, especially if you're in a similar position as I was: Needing to furnish an STR quickly and cost-efficiently. 

If they just represent first time single family home buyers and aren’t constantly finding off market properties and reviewing deals, you’ll find a better investment through someone else. https://www.kiavi.com/blog/out-of-state-real-estate-investin...https://learn.roofstock.com/blog/out-of-state-real-estate-in...

The investor who bought this home owns an asset that is cash flow positive from day one and one that will benefit from all 5 profit centers of rental property investing for many years to come.

Craig, I'd be happy to review your docs and deal for you and get you to a servicer.

Now that I am in position, I would like to place a mobile home to generate some passive income, but I don't want to use my savings for the down payment.