Very complicated and tricky and time consuming and has a long-cycle.$ Amounts can get fairly high especially considering that you can look at it as an LTV perspective (always overrides any other liens)

Building a house will be a bit more complicated.

Fixed up I could rent with ease given its location, however I was looking for help in deciding the layout and complications in doing this.

If you don't mention your first home, it will likely come up in the process, potentially complicating things.

Every week, the King County, Washington sheriff's office posts a list of judicial foreclosure auctions from that Friday morning, with the starting bid and final selling price for each home. 

If you use the office for both your W-2 job and managing rental properties, it may complicate the exclusivity requirement.

Would you prefer to join a "communty" to learn about real estate taxes and get half of what you need and pay half price or would you take a complicated tax return to a professional and get proper advice?

Here's another wrinkle I just found that complicates things.  

Things can get really complicated with the new Code guys trying to force us to use only licensed repairmen for things that I have been fixing on my own for thirty years.

To complicate things more, the woman and her husband separated years ago but didn't ever legally divorce.