New member Anacortes, WA w/1st rental property

[Matt Follett]

Hello

My name is Matt. I was referred to this site by a friend who has a few rental properties and it seems like there's some great information. I work in the commercial boat building industry and my wife is a CPA, so essentially she's the brains and I'm the brawn :] We live in an island/coastal neighborhood 1-1/2hr N of Seattle. We've decided to keep our starter home as a rental as we move into one a bit larger. I've got a lot of experience in contracting, but I'm here to learn about the pitfalls that I don't know about. Don't intend on making this my full-time job, but I'd love to put in a little thought & a little sweat and see what we can do.