Hey everyone,Have any of you ever had experiences building a duplex/triplex from the ground up on vacant land? I currently own a piece of land near downtown Chicago and am wondering if the best route to go would be to...

Has anyone had success getting a variance on area per unit with the city of Chicago?  e.g. the zoning ordinance requires a lot area of 1000 sf per unit and you go in with 800 sf per unit?  Is this a plausible scenario...

I have a four unit in Chicago, the tenants are fairly careless about keeping all the garbage in the cans. It's not typically that bad, box gets left on top etc, but recently got four violations totally $2,000 for four...

I bought and rehabbed a 2-flat in chicago this year and now I'm turning my attention to the basement. It was a legal 3-flat but the last owner had it decoverted to storage a year before the sale. I was told there was ...

I'm about to put an offer on a single-family property less than a half mile from Washington University in St. Louis. It's a nice, 5 bed/2 bath house that would be ideal to rent to students. However, St. Louis City, li...

I am in a pickle and wondering if any of my Chicago peeps have been in this situation and how they got out of it.
My clients bought a 2 flat with a coach house in 2018 and were issued a 3 DU cert.  We are under contr...

Hello,I am new to investing and in the process of buying my first multi-family property in Chicago.I’m currently researching Chicago zoning so that I have a better understanding of the law, and my options as an invest...

Well hello hello, BP world! My husband, David, and I have been like little sponges on BP, among other sources, for months now- and are excited to finally introduce ourselves! We're both native to the Tampa Bay area (w...

So I turned my residence into a rental about 20 yrs. Ago.  Did a 1031 exchange into a multi-family 6 yrs. Ago.  Current value is approximately 300k.(actually I have no idea what this market could bring) I like the fac...

HI, closing on a 4-fam in Chicago and thought about having one of the apartments listed on AirBNB - is there a documents where all of rules are outlined?  Was not able to find anything outlined in the same place.