@John Colin Rogers,I can appreciate your drive and admiration, but patience and strategy is key... and I'm not really seeing a lot in this thread, sorry.     

If you *must* buy in Seattle try Ballard, Admiral District, Magnolia, Upper Queen Ann (not lower), Madison Park, places north of I 90.

I admire the hard work you put in even amidst the uncertainty of being a first time home buyer with no prior rehabbing experience.

@Jefferson LillyHuge admirer of all your content.

I really admire how you successfully manage out of state properties.

I admire you for having achieved what you did and I am looking up to your success!

I admire what you're doing.

@Denise Evans I have always admired your knowledge of tax lien properties in AL.....I know you don’t gain this overnight. 

Just remember, it would have been very easy for them to say, "OK", renew the lease, renew it again when it comes up in the spring/summer, and then just bail on you next October.By trying to work a solution a year in advance, they are, if not doing you a favor exactly, doing better by you than they could have.ME: *WHACK* (Kick you as hard as I can in the nuts)You: *Gasping for air*ME: You should be thanking me, I could have stabbed you.Again on a practical level you are correct that they could have screwed her over even more, but I can't get over how you condone and almost seem to admire these people's behavior.Yes they could be worse but that doesn't mean they aren't jerks that are knowingly trying to screw her over.  

This was my first experience with military people and I have grown to love and admire the culture.