Owner occupied valuation emphasis will then be to market.Now, let's change the purpose of the appraisal.

I really appreciate your emphasis on me speaking from my personal experiences because that has always been my goal and I'm excited to know that comes through!

I have a college background with a business degree with real estate emphasis.  

The doubled standard deduction could swallow your property taxes anyway, with or without the $10k limit.Second, regardless of the above, I would not be placing that much emphasis on deducting property taxes while evaluating home ownership.

However, I place more emphasis on finding the best deals in the haystack, learning how to negotiate those and then continually practice my marketing skills to attract the buyers with the deal.So, in short, my personal opinion is that the buyers will come to the deals.

quoted from Larken Rose "Message to the Voting Cattle" emphasis added.

Emphasis in bold is mine. 

The general loan value threshold is 2 million and up so buying at 2,500,000 is a minimum with 500k down to get the non-bank loans in many areas.They generally look for a net worth close to the loan balance after down payment but put more emphasis on your liquidity when you apply for the loan.

My husband and I are also buy and hold investors focused on single family and smaller multi-family units, with an emphasis on King County. 

I have a college degree and I have not done real estate yet and I got a business degree that had real estate emphasis.