@Nando NachiYour budget will dictate where you buy in in the Seattle Market.Plenty of areas on the rise especially with low inventory.With Condo, keep in mind some HOAs will have to weight in on structural changes.When it comes to schools, most buyers laser in on the school district.

@Josh Mac keep in mind that Zillow can be completely unaware of factors that affect value...and some of these factors might not be apparent until you see the property in-person.For instance, maybe someone added a bathroom to the house, and now it's a 3/3, but Zillow thinks it's a 3/2.  ...or maybe the house is right next to a busy road with tons of traffic noise, but the Zestimate is based on nearby houses that are on quieter residential streets  ...or the main floor beam under the house is rotted out--Zillow would never know that...In short, there are a ton of factors that can affect a property's value that Zillow might completely miss.The Zestimate can be reasonably accurate in showing a ballpark value...but, I wouldn't make life and death investing decisions based on a Zestimate...

It is also a pier and beam structure.

Jan 22- we had the rain storm and immediately the roof started heavily leaking, through the flashing along the beam by the chimney.

Unfortunatley there is no easy solution, this basement is just past its useful life.The only real solution here is to suspend the house on steel beams and then remove the basement from underneeth.

Additionally, the structure for these porches is commonly undersized and may need repair work including but not limited to sistering joists and providing steel angle brackets at the notched beam to column connections.

This issue suggests possible foundation settlement or movement of foundation posts and/or beams, which could be indicative of significant structural issues.2.

I've seen missing support beams, various issues that builders said they would resolve / never did up until closing, etc.

I just say that because a lot of newbies bring me deals where they are laser-focused on the fact that they have someone who seems to be a real seller at a decent price, but they aren't thinking of who the buyer would be, and if that area even achieves decent rents and has a decent pool of tenants.

Trying to figure out if this is natural settling or we should provide reinforcement to the beam to prevent further settling.