Chat

We improve
neighborhoods and lives.

An innovative, human-centered approach to lending for affordable rental housing. Watch our video

x

Loans

What type of loan do you need?

Flexible financing to acquire, rehab, and refinance multifamily buildings with five or more units.

Get Started
Multifamily

Reduce operating costs through energy and water saving retrofits for multifamily buildings.

Get Started
Energy

Buying or refinancing a group of small buildings? Use CIC’s innovative product for portfolios of 1-4 unit buildings with at least 9 units total.

Get Started
1-4 Units

Make your equity go further in high cost markets with CIC’s low-cost mezzanine debt product.

Get Started
Mezzanine

Low-cost construction loans for local owner-developers to rehab or build new homes in Woodlawn.

Get Started

Long-term, fixed-rate Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and FHA financing. A great option for experienced owner-developers to finance stabilized, 6+ unit properties.

Get Started

Grants to cover up to 50% of total development costs for eligible properties in designated TIF districts.

Get Started

Property Management Training

Whether you own 6 units or 600 units – or maybe you’re just getting started – CIC has a workshop for you.

Certificate Workshop
PMT Certificate Course
Workshop

PMT Certificate Course

The Property Management Training (PMT) is CIC’s signature workshop offering. This foundational course provides landlords with the knowledge to better market, manage, and maintain a residential rental property.

The dates listed on the registration form are only enrollment dates and not actual course dates.
This course is a learn-at-your-own-pace training (no specific start/end dates).

Course Modules
Course Introduction
Introduction to Investing
Residential Landlord/Tenant Ordinance – Chicago
Fair Housing
Marketing and Tenant Selection
Plus lots of supplemental materials you can download directly to your computer!

Testing
Our test is questions of course material in a multiple-choice format.
You must pass the test by 75% to receive your certificate.

Certificate
Your certificate expires after two years of your pass date.
Our certificate program complies with the City of Chicago, HUD Landlord Training, and most Bank/Lender requirements.

On-Demand Replay
Showing Your Rental Units Virtually
Single topic

Showing Your Rental Units Virtually

Now that in-person tours are not always an option, building owners must pivot to virtual showings. Watch CIC’s on-demand webinar to learn tips from industry experts. Speakers include:

  • Amber Marie Green, Co-Founder and CEO, The Media Incubator of Chicago
  • Chris Pezza, Sales Director, The Apartment Source
  • C. Samya Thompson, Leasing Agent, DreamSpots Leasing and Sales
On-Demand Replay
Maintenance Management
Single topic

Maintenance Management

COVID-19 has presented additional building maintenance challenges. Watch CIC’s on-demand webinar to hear tips on avoiding interrupted renovations and other issues from Valerie Batteast, Chief Consultant and Senior Project Management, @Great Lakes Development Consulting & Construction Management, Inc.

On-Demand Replay
Your Questions, Answered: Payroll Protection Program for Multifamily Building Owners
Single topic

Your Questions, Answered: Payroll Protection Program for Multifamily Building Owners

Do you have questions about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)? Would you like to access PPP but not sure where to start? Are you unsure if your business is eligible or feel lost in the process?

CIC invites you to join a conversation with Brad McConnell, CEO of Accion Chicago, to learn more about this important resource, and how Accion may be able to help you apply.

On-Demand Replay
Landlord Legal Update, Summer 2020
Single topic

Landlord Legal Update, Summer 2020

Real Estate

Properties for Sale

2444 W. 63rd St, Chicago, Illinois 60629

$ 480,000
Residential Occupied, Commercial Vacant 8 residential/ 4 commercial

Neighborhood
Marquette Park

Requirements
TBI Owned, CIC: REO Sale Guidelines

More
4156-690 W. Madison St/ 3-15 N. Keeler Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60624
Under Contract

$1,300,000
Residential Occupied, Commercial Occupied 18 residential/ 6 commercial

Neighborhood
Garfield Park

More
1426 E. Marquette, 60637

$260,000
Possible 6-unit

Neighborhood
Woodlawn

Requirements
TBI Owned Guidelines

More
2207 E. 67th, #1, Chicago, IL 60649
Sold

$45,000
Vacant 1-unit

Neighborhood
Woodlawn

Requirements
TBI Condo Guidelines

More

Success Stories

In the community

Santiago Valdez, CIC Borrower

“CIC kept looking at the deal from different angles to accommodate our needs and make sure we were reaching out goals.”

Success Stories

In the community

Geralyn and Glenn Boza, CIC Borrower

“I like to give our tenants a nice place to come home to.”

Success Stories

In the community

Jay Bomberg, CIC Borrower

“I am sure no other lender could have assisted me in so many aspects of my business.”

Success Stories

In the community

Gregory Thomas and Willette Henderson, CIC Borrower

“Through CIC Property Management Training, I picked up new information on maintenance and taxes, even as an experienced building owner.”

Read the Story

Join our newsletter

Thanks for signing up!