I joined BP to network with local investors, learn from everyone's deals, and share what I've picked up along the way (like common pitfalls in scoping rehabs, vetting subs, or spotting hidden costs during walkthroughs).

That’s a tough spot, but a very common one for out-of-state owners.

That allows you to learn from the pros on pricing, marketing, screening, and compliance while you get your footing, then decide later whether full self management makes sense.Happy to share our screening criteria or talk through the most common issues we see new owners run into. 

Also depending on if the lender sells off the loans at closing to an investor pool for new cash for more loans (common in the DSCR space), then the investor pool is asking for higher rates to buy these lower balance loans.

Chicago was built for house hackers a ton of 2-4 unit inventory so it is a lot easier and lot more common to do it here then in other markets. 

It’s incredibly common for bad PMs to use "neighborhood danger" or "professional tenants" as a smokescreen for their own lack of marketing or maintenance oversight.

This is pretty common.

That’s common in coastal markets.Many Orange County investors live OC and invest in AZ, OH, IL, TX, FL, AL and few other state in the Midwest.

this was a common play in high priced west coast markets.. 

In my experience, this is a common misconception in real estate where people think they buy a deal, do minimal rehab, and then do a cash out refinance after a year.