The Seattle market will be affected by the city council's decisions, but it will not affect TX.

I have single family rentals and a short term investment (beach) rental, and multi family is one of the things that I am looking at actively, but our zoning here doesn't allow much of that in Charlotte, although zoning loosened up wiht a City Council vote here, September a year and a half ago, to allow for more higher density housing- finally! 

I am a Canadian from the west coast, British Columbia.

@Jillian Sidoti  there is this thing called the Howry test I learned of it when I went toe to toe with regulators in Oregon.Will leave it at that.. highly suggest you run the model by very good council first. it could be as simple as having Ms Sidoti create a custom PPM for you that incorporates your vision and business model

US, regardless of immigration status" quote from an article by Jo Becker, Education/Outreach Specialist, Fair Housing Council of Oregon in an article titled screening without Social Security Numbers: there Are Options!

The link above is the council of real estate tax attorneys and the honest will tell you to not file if they believe your taxes could go higher by appealing rather than lower. 

I assume I would need to speak with the town council prior to starting even the first project, correct?

So too did a recent working paper by the International Monetary Fund and the Mirrlees Review of British taxation by the Institute of Fiscal Studies.

Realtors hate open houses  they do them because the sellers expect them to do them and ask them to do them... and most brokers farm open houses out to the newbie agents.rare are the deals made at an open houses.2. the RE laws do not let you play financial counselor or legal council to buyers and sellers its not a fiduciary for brokers to get into buyers financial conditions and or legal positions they need to consult CPA and lawyer if they need that advise.. but I see this all the time brokers getting the nose into the buyer or seller business and killing deals when its their job to make deals.3.  

However, the local economy was doing well, the dollar to pound was favorable (we got loans from a local British lender), and we bought slight fixers to live-in and improve, with a goal of selling for a profit and making gains on the currency trade.