Isn't it much cheaper to roll the dice and risk being ripped off to save pennies?

Quote from @Nathan Fisher: It's all relative cash flow wise, and there's reasons why we're a cheaper market.

Hi,I am trying to decide whether to stay with Travelers and increase my deductible or switch to Steadily, which is much cheaper.

Going all electric will probably be cheaper than trying to meter the gas.

Also, I bet there are other programs cheaper than Adobe Acrobat Pro and perhaps free.Hope this is close to what you were looking for, David.

My big concern, like you, was the cost of property in California but there are some cheaper markets in state as well that have a lower barrier to entry than the coastal markets.

They didn't require me to continue using them for any other services.They'll be 100% up to date on state and local landlord/tenant laws, have an attorney on retainer, and they can probably get the job done legally for cheaper than you hiring an attorney hourly.Here are couple good PM's in the Sammamish area that might be worth reaching out to:- PMI Arka- Brink Property Management

Pps  you do get to subtract the selling costs (in you example maybe $30k in commissions and closing costs) from your taxable profit.

If you're sure you'll get the money back in under a year, I would consider it, as it'll be cheaper than private money. 

(Minus the small percent of the payments they’ve made that’s been considered capital gains.)My understanding is the 60 payments they make will be split up in to interest (regular taxes), capital gains (15% usually), and principle pay down (non-taxable.).