I'm looking to purchase buy, hold and rent single family and multi-family properties in the Chicagoland (IL) and Milwaukee (WI) areas.  

I wrote this link about our first multi-fam deal in St Louis, thought I'd post a link here in the STL forum if you haven't seen it.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/522/topics/48...The post chronicles our story on a multi-fam in South City.

The company that is good for multi family's one town may not be in a neighboring town.  

With the price of units in my market, it would take me years to save up the down payment for a multi.

I have been reading as much as possible on REI for a couple months now (Larry Loftis - Duplexes, Triplexes, and Quads, McElroy - ABC's of RE, Lindahl - Multi-Family Millions, Gallinelli - What Every REI Needs to Know About Cash Flow).

Id like to tap into this equity to help fund my search for my first fixer upper single or multi family unit.

Are you going to invest in SFH or Multi family?

I'm selling rental property that I've had for 3 years. I bought it for 200 put in about 30 k for windows and boilers. It's under contract for 300 k. How do I determine the amour of taxes I'll have to pay?

I'd love to start networking with other Oakland based investors/RE agents.Any reasons not to buy a multi-family in Oakland these days with all of the rent control issues?

My niche is small multi-family properties by now, and my strategy is to buy and hold.