(There's one house just for sale down the block that is being sold , w/o the property and I could hire movers to move the whole house)B) forget that project as there's too many costs and look into just picking up a BURRR through an auction or real estate listing this summer.Earnestly awaiting your feedback... 

He is thinking of selling because his wife has some health problems and they are just wanting to consolidate.The house is in a pretty stagnant area of Washington State, very much similar to Brandon Turner's Aberdeen.

However, since the vast majority of us aren't first movers on every trend out there, I kept my post focused on relatively larger and accessible cities/markets that posses the major indicators that have historically been correlated with compressing cap rates and higher returns for any size investor over the associated real estate cycle.Since the type of analysis that you brought up requires expertise in forecasting and assumption making and does not usually come to investors for free or without putting in a significant amount of time, I will leave this analysis task to each investor them-self :).

It makes complete sense for some people to mover but each situation is unique.

Does anyone have a good referral for a home inspector in the area of Grays Harbor / Aberdeen? 

Does anyone have a recommendation for a Monmouth County Eviction Attorney particularly Aberdeen?

Former ATLiens, but we've been living in Seattle for the past 10 years.All kinds of life events are pointing us back home, and we plan on being out there in two years or so.What we'd like to do is kick start our investing endeavors out there in advance of our arrival . . .We decided we'd like to buy, rehab (and either refinance to rent or just sell).So we watched a million podcasts, read books, did mock deal analysis, and have already automated some of the deal vetting process to make an offer.Comfortable with that, we pulled some cash and got a HELOC to serve as our own personal private money lender until that runs out, we can handle a few deals at a time, IF we could find them.Lately, we're really liking Pittsburg, Mechanicsville, all the way over to English Avenue, for a multitude of reasons:The cost of entry is relatively cheap thereWe're not first movers so we have watched before/afters on properties in these areas for a year or so and it seems doableI went to Georgia Tech, that area has always been near to my heart, sketchy or notHistoric civil rights area, I'd personally have some pride in making that more accessible I'd not mind moving my family into some of these areas when we leave SeattleWhat we are finding is most homes are going over asking and even then our offers are getting rejected. 

I feel like it’s similar to @Brandon Turner target area over in Aberdeen, in terms of economy (pretty stagnant!)

The local real estate groups are a good start - also are there clubs on campus that can sharpen your skills and introduce you to local real estate movers and shakers?

Would you hire movers ?