Illinois landlord laws

[Jason Deck]

Can experienced investors please let me know their thoughts on the landlord friendliness of Illinois (outside of Chicago)?

Thanks in advance, and happy Sunday,

Jason

[Dale Stevens]

@Alex Bok what laws are you seeing that you actually think are investor friendly in Chicago or Cook County for that matter? Have you ever attempted an eviction there yet? 

Here is a link to what you must do just to have the Cook County Sheriff enforce the court order. Right now they are about 8-9 weeks out last I was informed. So you finally get the judge to sign the order, then you must go to the sheriff's office. File and pay them. Then you must keep an eye on their website for when your number comes up to have it enforced. Then you sit there waiting for them. IF you aren't there (like if you left to get some food), then you have to go in pay a $30 fee to reschedule, and hope they can fit you in quickly again.

If the temps drop below 15 degrees, all evictions are waived off/postponed.

Here is the link: http://www.cookcountysheriff.com/faq/faq_evictions.html