01 · Buyer Guides
Buyer Guides
Find the right fixer-upper, distressed property, or off-market deal in Chicago. Practical playbooks for end-buyers, first-time flippers, and 1031 investors.
All buyer guides -Editorial · By our licensed realtor
Real-world guides for Chicago buyers, investors, and creative-financing operators.
Four pillars: buyer guides for end-buyers and first-time flippers, creative financing playbooks (subject-to, assignment, holdback escrow), market data on SW Cook and Will County, and neighborhood guides for the towns I close in every month.
02 · Creative Financing
Creative Financing
Subject-to, holdback escrow, assignment, and seller-financing structures. How the deals get done when conventional underwriting won't.
Read creative financing guide -03 · Market Data
Market Data
SW Cook and Will County price action, days-on-market, list-to-sale ratios, and the comps that actually move underwriting.
Frankfort market page -04 · Neighborhood Guides
Neighborhood Guides
Charrington Estates, Lincoln-Way feeder towns, and the south-suburb Chicago neighborhoods I work in every week. Schools, comps, lifestyle.
Charrington Estates page -05 · Distressed Property Pillars
Seller and Acquisition Pillars
Evergreen explainers for sellers and buyers dealing with tax delinquency, tax deed pressure, liens, code issues, litigation, repairs, and assignment structures.
- Sell a Distressed Property in Chicago
- What We Do as Real Estate Investors
- Buyer Pathway for Off-Market Listings
- Deal Protections in Illinois