Several property managers in Chicago all explained that Illinois laws favor tenants in cases of landlords keeping security deposits for damage done to the unit.

It explains the entire process of investing in a house from acquisition to disposition.If you think being handy is a requirement go reach out to a few home builders. 

@Diane G.Explain the grossness of it all to me. attacking me and then not explaining leaves me perplexed.

I would call your local police department and explain to them what happened and see what they have to say.

Written communication (email or texts) work as well, email preferred unless you have a way to back your texts up easily so that you'll actually do so.You'll want to explain how to pay rent (money orders would work well since they're next door, but there are also some free electronic payment systems that are worth looking into for your convenience and theirs.

@Marty True Thanks for taking the time to explain what your position.  

For all Minneapolis investors, perhaps this is an opportunity to contact your council members and let them know if you have an objection to this, and what its impacts will be.My dislike of section 8 has more to do with the program being so poorly run than the tenants themselves, though from what I've read on BP, there are plenty of bad apples.  

@David Zheng  Can you explain what you did to get to cash flowing $12k per month in such a short time? 

He wanted to wait until the new tenant moves in and have her call the city to put the water back on...I feel this is so wrong, but I don't know how to explain this to my friend...Does anyone know of a law that says this is wrong?

We got the packages together and the lender brought it to their underwriters for a preliminary approval and were told that I needed to write up a letter explaining why I was moving from a single family home to a multi-family.