Quoted from dudah:A bunch of rental property. Bloomington is a college town and he owned a bunch of old houses he'd rent out to college kids. Being a lifelong resident, I imagine he bought up property back in the day when it was dirt cheap and as the college expanded and attendance rose, so did his income.
Great thread- really enjoying reading this!
I was in college @ Illinois State from 1986-1990, guess I was lucky to not rent from Gene. This is when all the property management companies were gobbling up houses in the B/N area....the house I lived in my last 2 years there was a $h*t hole managed by Redbird realty.