You embarrassed me and I just wanted you to know I believe in a public forum people should have some semblance of class and graciousness... but I guess we differ on that 

Do you know if I can find out if he's currently trying to evict them - is it public record?

If assessed value is a matter of public record that you can access then use your own data base to indicate to you when a property comes on the market, you might need computer programing skills or be able to have someone design such a program for you.

There are no other legal proceedings which need to take place aside from preparing proper corporate documents to protect your LLC status.I advise you to consult your certified public accountant regarding the tax implications of forming an LLC.If you add further members to your LLC, you simply change your members by amendment with the Secretary of State.

For rental "no basement" means - less expenses :))) it is very expensive to fix a basement :(((Regarding a shelter - most of tornados have a warning ahead and a lot of public places have safe areas so people have a chance to take it seriously.

Hello BP gang,Lately I have been doing plenty of due dilligence on the subject of probate and have taken my first action steps, including scouring the public record files at the court building as well as looking thru the newspaper public notices...

I don't think cook county considers that public information and will share the address

Quality of schools, crime rate, median household income, tax rate for property, tax rate for tenant's income, ratio of rent vs purchase price, proximity to employment, proximity to shopping, proximity to public transit - that's just a partial list, and in some areas some of those are less relevant. 

However, because of varying incentive structures having control over an asset can be very beneficial vs. holding it in some type of public company structure or fund structure where they may have incentives that are not the same as yours all the time or where your return can be somewhat capped by promote structures.

You have made the first major mistake by announcing on a public forum that you wanted to raise money.