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"Buying real estate is not only the best way, the quickest way, the safest way, but the only way to become wealthy."
- Marshall Field
Rental Prices
Housing Maps - Site integrates
Google's map functionality with the posts on Craigslist to let you pick a price range and a city and see all
postings mapped out.
Apartment People - Rent Ranges - Provides
rental ranges of several Chicago neighborhoods.
Craigslist - Quick and easy way to search
for rental prices/ranges in almost every major city. North side is very well represented.
Chicago Reader - The old standard for looking for rental units.
Chicago Tribune Rental Search - Great for finding rental prices in areas that aren't well represented in the sites listed above, including the south side and suburbs.
Chicago Resources
Locate Real Estate - Nice resource for property investors
Chicago Metro Zip Codes - List of area zip codes
City of Chicago Zoning Guide - Resource for zoning rules and regulations in the city of Chicago.
Zoning Codes Table - A table of what each zoning code allows.
Articles and Websites
Real Estate Owned (REO) - Listings of bank owned properties
HUD Section 8 Landlord Home - Starting point for learning about Section 8 rentals
National Real Estate Investor Magazine - Broad picture of the real estate investment market
Real Estate Investors Club - This isn't really a club, but alot of investment related content. Some items are for sale, but you can sidestep them fairly easily.
Real Estate Investor Depot - Sift through the selling aspects of the site and there are some things of value.
Urban Rehabber - Chicago-based rehabber offers classes and information on rehabbing properties.
1031 Exchange - Information about a 1031 exchange from WaMu
Tools
10 Year Property Analysis Spreadsheet (xls) - Spreadsheet to estimate the income, cash flow, and tax benefits of properties.
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