I work in tech and she just started a new job here for the state. 

Keep your W-2 job, save, and you’ll be able to afford your next down payment.

Few of us are full-time hosts, instead we have day-jobs.

USDA does not.If you have a job gap (6+ months of unemployment) on an FHA loan, then you have to go back 2 years prior to the job gap AND be back to work for 6 months before you are eligible.How to avoid this? 

Total of 5,000 seedlings, plus left overs from last year and ones we bagged and seeded ourselves. 

@Keetaek Hong I'm a huge fan of DFW and HOU because of their population growth and job growth.

Newbie investors talk about how they are going to get rentals so they can quit their job.

Seeing that you are moving for job reasons, I would probably suggest option 4 until you learn if Seattle is going to be a permanent answer.

The Contractor is wrongly blamed for job over-runs when it is usually the clients fault.

@Chloe Salcedo investing in real estate is not a full-time job.