I have long wanted to hold rental properties as retirement assets and to supplement my income from my full time job.

I have long wanted to hold rental properties as retirement assets and to supplement my income from my full time job.

We are getting about a 10% increase on new listings in both suburban markets like Berwyn and also our city rentals in Albany Park or Irving Park.

Some states require landlords to accept Section 8, while others do not.There's also a process with the landlord passing an inspection, signing the contract, etc.I recommend you contact your housing office and ask them what the process involves and how long it will take. 

I would be communicating with my HML prior to the purchase to make sure we are all on the same track and once the offer was accepted let my HML know and get the hard proof of funds.

My Idea is to start with fix and flips to make some “quick” profits and then use that profit to get into more long-term, cash flowing investments.   

Hello,We are looking to buy STR/Storage pole barn for $275,000.

I was a lender/banker that, after a long career on consumer mortgage and then commercial banking/lending, went to work for a community bank in Florida that was operating under a "memorandum of understanding" with regulators.

Quote from @Robert Ellis: new builds set the price premium in every zip code I've ever studied. in addition new builds don't take 9 months. we just built a house in 60 days. we wait till permits are approved and shovel ready, investors buy land cash, entitle, contracts, negotiate with financing, place financing when we are ready and break ground. but we build the same over and over and don't go outside our Floorplans 60 days from Dig date maybe.

I learned this the hard way not too long ago.I invest in similar areas and I do use leverage to buy properties but I have starting using the techniques that I mention above, keep a good cash reserve, and I am more aggressive on the debt paydown than on assets that have good appreciation.