The local news journal stated that the renovations should be complete by April 2021, but who knows if that is actually going to happen.

It's overall bad news for those would-be buyers who hoped that COVID would present them a more favorable market. 

Also they have greater SEO power than you ever will.Takeaways:1. 

ETA - pretty easy to find the relevant laws for Illinois "If you don’t have a legal justification to break your lease, the good news is that you may still be off the hook for paying all the rent due for the remaining lease term.

I had that happen to me a few years back when there was big news about a lot of neighborhoods fearing dreaded tax increases of up to 50%.

From 2018 to 2019, the Austin area netted 168 new residents per day.”https://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/10-14-20-austin-sees-a-sea-of-new-residents-from-these-two-states-says-report/

Good news is that unlike water, electricity doesn't typically leak away out of sight, so something is using it.You can take meter readings 24 hours apart for several days to see if changes you make can alter the usage rate.  

Listening to various podcasts and news, I hear so many tidbits of data like - CoVID creating trends for people to move out of the city and to the suburbs. 

Sad news for homeowners business & country.

Ideally speak with a savvy property manager to get a certain feel for the rent value.IF your home will not break even at least when operated as a rental AND you could get your capital back out through a sale, I'd rather redeploy the capital into a different home (preferably one with some investment benefit) than keep it parked and lose money every month.IF your home cashflows as a rental property AND you have the capital to purchase another home, in the school boundary you are chasing, then the happy news is that you accidentally acquired a rental property!