And if anyone knows, where would I sign up or apply to these classes, online or onsite(based out of Chicago)?

Cincinnati is much smaller than Los Angeles, and while you can make a great career in this town, it's a little bit more difficult to advance quite the way we're looking for, as compared with some of the other larger cities like New York, Chicago, San Francisco, LA.  

Asking her to bear the cost of your financial issues is completely unfair.  

It's obvious that the front of the home is it's bearing wall, but could i knock it out into the mudroom porch for more space?

Now real estate is not only my livelihood, it's my passion, and some might say it has a little too much bearing on my self worth--NOTHING is worth losing my license over.At any rate, I responded to his post by talking about how important it is to get the family involved, how I always try to insist on representing the inexperienced seller because many of the off-market deals I've done (and I've done quite a few) are with Seniors.

Easy to rent but taxes twice as high compared to South Chicago compatible homes.

I’m new to real estate investing, I am from the Chicago, IL suburbs interested in getting started with my first wholesale deal. 

I'm just getting started out in Chicago and am wondering why there is such a disconnect between the county assessor's value and the market value of properties.For example, I've looked at several MFHs on the market in the mid $400k (with close comps), but the county assessor value is closer to $200k.  

Not all is ill-intended, but here in Chicago we have different markets, laws, codes, and timeframes than other areas.

There are a lot of great resources and education on this site and you have a great group in Chicago.