A recent study showed that 80 people are moving to this city every single week, which will continue to increase housing demand. 

Have an intro call with them tomorrow and will likely move forward for 2023 taxes (have W2, a duplex and an Airbnb beach house)

I know insurance rates have gotten rough these past years but if you don't have insurance all would take is one house fire for you to take a massive loss.

If you want good contractors out there quickly , pay their price and pay it quickly . 12 months is too long , we can build a 3000 sq ft house ground up in 3 months . 

If you are interested in becoming a landlord or buy and hold investor a great way to get started is by house hacking a multifamily with an owner occupied loan. 

I have seen this same house that is vacant (all the classic signs) I have located the owner ( I have not reached out to her yet).

(Previous rent was $1,300 but we're about to put in a brand new kitchen from the studs, new flooring throughout the house, new furance, adding A/C, etc).So do we just pay for it all upfront and mostly drain all of our savings, or do I let the rent pay for it and utilize our other savings to get a second property this spring/summer to increase our cashflow? 

I live in Tacoma, WA…a lot of folks don’t want to deal with having to learn the local housing laws.

House and condo.

I think if you can nail that down you will be able to find a market easier.As a buy and hold investor some of the things that were important to me when deciding on a market were landlord tenant laws, price to rent ratio, housing demand, ability to build a team, large population 500K plus, multi-family availability and some other factors.take the process step by step and you will be fine.