You are surely one of many Chicago investors @Brie Schmidt has assisted on their real estate journey, Brie is great!  

I would advise to find a lawyer or a attorney that specializes in real estate and throw a couple of bucks there way so that you can get their illegal advice and if you can legally charge them to replace it professionally 100% do that

Good income generator for both units and also gives the opportunity for owner occupancy.

He couldn't have done any real due diligence.

This experience was great and opened my eyes to the world of Real Estate.

It will take a while for this opportunity to fully unfold, as it's a bit clunky at the moment, but things could look a lot different in the platform space a year from now.If you own any Airbnb stock, this might be a good time to sell it. 

Mentors are found by building relationships at meetups in real life, not online when you are just getting started unless you are using the forums as your meetup and you are really getting to know people.4.

They see opportunity in this.

Are you referring to the Market Finder tool or the classifieds section where you can post asks and offers for real estate services?

You can 1031 like for like real estate.