Real Estate Agent Recommendations in Chicago

[Dustin Albers]

Hello All,

I have always had a real estate passion and now I feel like I am finally in a position to move forward and start my real estate journey. I have spend the past 6 months educating myself through reading as many books as I can and also listening to the BP podcast and forums.

I am looking to go with the house hack strategy for my first investment property. I am looking for a 3-4 unit property in North Chicago. I plan on eventually making a living out of real estate so hopefully this first purchase will lead to many more in the future.

I wanted to find out from other investors in the Chicago area if there are any recommendations real estate agents that have experience with investment properties?

Also on a side note, if any experienced investors have any tips they wish they would have known prior to buying their first property I would like to hear them.

Thanks All, hopefully I get to connect and meet more people through BiggerPockets.

[Brie Schmidt]

@Dustin Albers - I live in North Center too.  I only work with 2-4 unit buyers and own over 30 properties myself.  I can tell you that you wont find anything in NC that will cash flow unless you are putting a few hundred thousand dollars down.  The biggest problem east of Western is the loan limits

Property Type	FHA	Conventional
2 Flat	$468,150	$543,000
3 Flat	$565,900	$656,350
4 Flat	$703,250	$815,650

If you are looking for cash flow you are going to need to go a bit west.  Feel free to PM me your email address and I iwll send examples and numbers