Cook County is worse than other counties, and Chicago is even worse for the landlords. 

You have to have contractors if you aren't handy with a hammer, you need to buy well below what you will sell it for, you have to be able to accurately estimate what it will eventually sell for, you have to consider acquisition costs, rehab costs, carrying costs, selling costs, prepare for 6 months on average from start to finish, you need to know about title reports, appraisals, escrow, lenders, insurance, sequence of rehab lists, "oops" surprises, market changes, level of finish, what other rehabbers are using for materials, and realize that contractors don't always show up or finish what they start.

I am able to fill out all the numbers, but when i click the button to finish the analysis, I'm brought to a blank page.

I'm almost finished reading The Book on Real Estate Investing, and I'm reading a lot of articles about the benefits of getting my own RE license.Do you think it's worth it?

I'm almost finished reading The Book on Real Estate Investing, and I'm reading a lot of articles about the benefits of getting my own RE license.Do you think it's worth it?

The current condition and finishes are standard for the market so anyone looking for a higher-end unit is going to be looking on a different block. 

Although I am already a partner in hundreds of units in Dallas, I want to execute a plan from start to finish as a key principle.

The work is to re-finish a basement.

MERS is a registration system, not a mortgage holder or anything else you elude to.Brock and Scott don't "service" loans that i recall so, if they have it or are getting it, they are working with the creditor to finish the foreclosure or start one.

We are nearly finished with a reno on a SFH in West Michigan.