Remember the story about cooking a frog--raising the heat in the pot slowly so the frog doesn't realize it's getting cooked until it's too late?  

If a person is willing to "cook the books" you can make anything look like an amazing return..... $2,500 a year for cap-x AND maintenance on a duplex is NOT accurate.

My whole approach of trying to get people to adjust there thinking to looking at and focusing on a "spread" is one of trying to get people to consider the full picture of the math, vs a pointless metric such as "cash-flow" because 98% of "cash-flow" numbers are COOKED BOOKS in residential as it's pre-capx or completely removed of any capx or deferred maintenance.

I doubt a "no" lawyer will take this case, they just have to find a lawyer who only works the eviction process in cook county and nothing else, not a family friend lawyer who does divorces or something that is not an eviction. 

With 5 guys cooking, I also got a second refrigerator.

So someone who is looking purely to maximize potential return (and has unlimited time) is unlikely to find this a good fit.A great book for newbies (and pros too), is: Sean Cook's "Investing in Real Estate Private Equity: An Insider’s Guide to Real Estate Partnerships, Funds, Joint Ventures & Crowdfunding"The author has sat on both sides of the table on billions of dollars of real-estate transactions.

Cook in that market 

Look no further than your next door neighbor IL  talk about a cluster to many cooks in the kitchen same way in SC  buyer has an attorney  seller has an attorney plus each have thier own realtors..

Anyone can cook, being a Chef isn't for anyone.

Cook: Quote from @Marty Martin: Yes, I also filed a formal police report which was needed for the Fraud reports with the FTC and FBI.