Chicago Property Management Blog

I recently had the opportunity to conduct a Facebook Live video with Josh Fonger of Work The System.  For those of you not familiar with Work the System, they are a consulting company  built around Sam Carpenter’s 2008 book, Work The System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less.  The book centers around the idea that life is composed of systems that are ours to control or…….not control,...

Where's a good place to invest in DuPage County?Hi, my name is Mark Ainley from GC Realty and Development. We are a property management company located Roselle, Illinois.  Now, Roselle is in Dupage County, which if you're familiar with the Chicagoland area, it's made up of six counties, DuPage County kind of falls in the middle consists of mostly the western suburbs, far west and near western suburbs. Now, a lot people ...

It’s doubtful anyone in the world will make it to the end of the summer unaffected in some way by the COVID-19 pandemic. If not you personally, you probably will know at least one person who has been affected financially or been diagnosed with the virus or maybe even someone who was unfortunately defeated by COVID-19.I wrote the following blog post that was posted to Bigger Pockets Blog on April 18, 2020. There is some valuable co...

In the episode recorded April 5, 2020, we spoke about the Covid Pandemic and how it relates to the various aspects of real estate.  The game has changed pretty much overnight and the Real Estate Revealed Team talks about how landlords and investors in and around Chicago can adjust quickly.  Tune in each Sunday or download the Podcast for great up to date information with what is happening now.  For most of us, the real es...

Hi, Mark Ainley from GC Realty and Development. I am an investor myself, along with a founding partner of GC Realty and Development, which is a property management and brokerage company.  Investing in DuPage CountyAn earlier video we talked about investing in DuPage County and how it's tough to really go wrong, having investment there. And I want to dive in a little deeper into certain things I like about DuPage County or certa...

Hi, my name is Mark Ainley from GC Realty and Development. Now I am an investor in residential and commercial properties and I'm also a founding partner of GC Realty and Development, which is a property manager. Where to find deals?I talked to a lot of investors on a daily basis. I have access to see where buyers are getting deals, where we're getting deals. So I was like share with people looking to buy inside Chicago and ...

Mark Ainley, GC Realty and Development we are a Chicagoland property management company. One thing I want to bring up today in making sure that you are informed as a property owner that's either working with the property manager now or looking to work with the property manager in the future. MarketingMarketing, obviously when you put your property on the market to rent you want to get a qualified tenant as fast as possible. You...

Hi my name Mark Ainley from GC Realty and Development. I am an investor, but also founding partner of this property management company.I want to talk to you about today is a leasing. It kills me to have a vacant property ever. There's so much stuff that you would obviously lose in your money. You're still paying expenses, and at the same time, there's risk. You know vacant house, get broken into pipes, break in vacant houses...

In and around Chicago, we see the city/local village playing a larger role in the investor’s life cycle when it comes to owning real estate.  Below are just a few items you should be aware of as a landlord:Point Of Sale Inspection - A Point Of Sale Inspection (POS) is an inspection the village requires before a seller of a property finalizes a sale on that property. Per a village ordinance, the village will inspect the p...

For the past five years, I have been doing all I can to share valuable information to both seasoned and newbie investors to protect them from common mistakes. I also take pride in educating local and out-of- state- investors about how things work here in Chicago and in the Chicago suburbs. I share the differences  between county laws, local ordinances, and the ins and outs of being a profitable landlord.  All of this informati...