Zillow has worked well for me the past 8 years but...I’ll try craigslist, but I like to stay off there because I haven’t had much success with people from CL.

I can't imagine the neighbors have been paying property taxes on this entire lot or that the county would accept taxes for just a sliver.I'll admit I'm probably overly paranoid about this topic, stemming from the case in Boulder a few years ago where someone successfully took a slice of their neighbors property with adverse possession.

Were you successful with re-zoning?

And of course, if the right property does come your way, we're happy to help you get off to a successful start.

Are there non-licensed people that have success stories? 

It is used to make a quick assumption on a property and can be valuable when an investor wants to do a quick look at multiple properties without knowing a lot about the details of those properties.As I noted in my response, better companies, doing better renovations and offering a higher standard of management, will be successful at holding down those costs over time and may even be closer to 40%.  

Having been to many of their events and knowing how this works from the back offices and so on and so forth.what I  see  is just like any other slice of life.. some get it will do good.. others no chance they don't have the personality they don't have the drive and commitment.And or they think by reading BP or paying for a mentor is all they need to all of a sudden be a real estate rock star.and at the end of the day.. most gravitate to what you see here on BP  they realize this is a uber tough business with a lot of rejection.. and they will do what it takes to buy rentals. that's why this is predominantly a landlord site.. its the easiest to understand and the easiest to implement.. not that everyone who gets into land lording is successful because many fail at it ..

My girlfriend and I are fully committed to starting investing in 2018, and I hope to be able to share our, let´s hope successful, story very soon.Currently, I am reading as much as I can and listening to several podcasts.

Make sure you join a brokerage where he/she will be willing to help mentor you and do whatever it takes to make you successful. 

Has anyone successfully rezoned a legal 2-flat into a legal 3-flat in Chicago?