New to Seattle Area, need advice on neighborhoods

[Ananya Mohanty]

Hello , 

We are a couple in early 30s. We have just moved to Washington state and have no idea where to buy  our first home.

looking for  atleast 3bed 3 bath with a backyard ,  budget = max 1mil.

We know seattle, bellevue, redmond are out of our budget. Would love some advice on upcoming nearby cities that make sense to buy now considering light rail is expanding? 

[Michael Haas]

@Ananya Mohanty are you looking for investment potential (HouseHacking, Airbnb, live in flip, short plat, etc?) in this next home? You didn’t mention it but since we are on Bigger Pockets figured I’d ask ;). 

A 3-3 for under $1M is 100% achievable in Seattle and almost all surrounding neighborhoods except maybe Bellevue/Kirkland/Redmond on the Eastside. shoot me a message if you want to get on our off market / on market property opportunity list or talk more about the area and your search. Happy to help and welcome to Seattle!