Also, with spring coming, I may lose out on a longer term tenant.Opinions on whether I should take these tenants( assuming regular qualifications are met)? 

In my county it only costs $11 (always cash) and then another $11 to remove.

@Valerie Naglein my area, when exemptions are removed from a property it greatly increases the amount of tax that would be paid. 

They deteriorate at a pretty accelerated rate compared to a regular home.

Hopefully your post will generate some good input from Chicago folks who regularly advertise and who know the latest websites that get results.Apartments.com might be a good one.

If not, just learning from someone who has been doing this regularly  would more than enough for my first couple of projects.  

The tenant lease has force beyond your closing date - - in every state.Once you are the owner, you can proceed with various means of "removal".BTW: you should have made that stipulation in your offer;buyer is to occupy upon closingbuyer is to receive property vacant, all costs to be born by the seller.

So might as well go directly to the guys who do this on a regular basis.

she is giving house back because she really can't live on her own any more and she is going to move in with my cousinyes i am sure the furnace is dead we been dumping money into it over the years like 4 years ago the guy told me it was so inefficient that its not worth fixing but it is definately deadthe problem with putting the old one back in is the whole setup is being changed up because will be putting in a furnace and a water heater separate along with some acessories i would leave all the acessories and new piping and just remove the water heater and the furnace. i was thinking about filming all this with a newspaper for the date and the old one before it is taken out.don't know if i should call the bank and ask them because if we don't do anythign and leave it they going to have to upgrade it anyways so they would be saving money on the piping and the accessories if i take just the units backthank you for your time

Since then, I've visited the site regularly.