New member in WA State

[Tawnie Vinitnantharat]

Hello BP, 

I am Tawnie, a 26 year old HR specialist living in Des Moines, WA! My husband/ business partner and I have recently begun our REI journey. We bought a duplex in Des Moines, WA last year for 295K. We live in the smaller unit and and rent out the large unit for 1500/month. Now, we are offering on a duplex in Renton, WA for 400K. Hoping to move there and do the same thing (while keeping and renting all of the Des Moines duplex of course). We are really new to all of this, and don't have much of an agenda yet, just that hard end goal of financial freedom. So any advice is welcome here.

We are nervous about the Renton duplex we are offering on, because we are going higher than the listing price, but this is not only an investment opportunity for us but a chance to cut our commutes in half while investing. Plus it seems to be in an area set to boom. Any luck/ resources/ advice is appreciated. 

Happy to be here!

Tawnie