@Cathy Fitzwilliam There are some great real estate meetups in San Diego that are full of local pros and out of state investors. 

Long-time reader, first time investor from Rhode Island! Over the summer I used a VA loan to purchase a 3br/1b per unit duplex that I'm currently house-hacking, doing a live-in remodel on the second floor with the fir...

I am looking for advice on how to proceed with this and what my legal rights are as a tenant in the state of Washington.

It's not a check-in-the-box process like some states. 

what are you hoping to accomplish by buying out of state in an area where the mechanicals would get stolen?? 

I'm excited for the opportunity to be apart of the community with BP, I reside in the state of Virginia and started my investment journey many years ago at 22 doing fix and flips, I stopped when the market crashed in 2007/2008 and didn't like the way the market looked and I left the investing world, I became a mortgage loan officer, and then processor and later underwriter and learned the backend of the conventional lending world.

Co-founder of Visio Ltd, operating a real estate investment fund across 48 states dealing in distressed single family homes sourced from financial institutions and sold to fix & flip and buy & hold investors. $100 million equity & debt managed.

I would push for a clause that states the buildings and land deed to the leasee after the termination of the lease.

The guest rules state no partying and it is abundantly clear our houses are in neighborhoods with full time residents they will be caught and they will be removed without refund. 

For many of the reasons already stated.