Is your goal to use being an agent for your own personal investments or actively try and grow your agent business to eventually leave your W2?

I intend to continue to scale a bit in this area, but eventually I'd like to either sell or hire someone to manage everything.

Not all of them, but eventually, they will!

The market will eventually correct the price. 

The first applicant will eventually get tired of his free-loading friends and problems will ensue.

Then you can rent in Seattle for 1 year or 2 to make sure you want to be there for a while and decide what area you want to live in and eventually buy something there if you decide you will stay. 

Especially, if you're eventually planning to sell the property it is always good to show the the work was permitted. 

While you’ll probably be able to eventually prove you’ve been living there.

I’m asking because I plan to eventually scale and get into multifamily syndication, and I know learning to raise capital will be a crucial skill.Scaling with Private Lenders: Once I’ve done a few flips, I’m thinking of finding a group of private lenders to help me scale the business.

Do that enough times and you'll eventually find a deal you can afford.