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. 

I am a newer investor with a duplex and living in a SFH to eventually be a rental.

However if you didn’t calculate in at least some percentage of the rent for vacancy, repairs, and CapEx then eventually things will happen, such as a vacancy or a repair being needed and you will be out of pocket a much larger amount of money than just your $400.

When the house eventually sold, I contacted the buyers agent and explained it to him so he could be the hero with his clients and show them how they could save a bundle on their property taxes by appealing and getting that corrected!

Could you share a bit about how you identified the builder you eventually decided to work with? 

I just want to be involved and learn more so I could achieve more eventually.

Over time, they get that its not easy and a lot of hard work and eventually quit.   

I’m 37 and I’m wanting to do real estate full time eventually(if it takes 5-10 years, that’s fine). 

Many of the residents there eventually move to our property.

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.