I bought a house in Tacoma, Washington in February of 2006, the height of the housing bubble when I was 24 years old.

Death, Divorce, Dislocation, DensityDeath - very unfortunate topic, but death creates heirs that will have a lot of items to sort through, so a good option is people clear a house asap to rent or sell, then grab a storage unit so they can "sift through" things slowly over time.. many times NEVER.. and pay the fee instead of being "inconvenienced" to have to go sort through their mothers precious china collection.Same reason the rental increases for SS are crazy vs Apartments.. raise $150 storage rent by $9 a month = 6% rental increase. would you go rent a truck, take a full saturday in the 90 degree heat, hire movers, to move your crap down the street to save $9 a month?

Way out there-move re-po MH there for a mini-MH park!

Do you suggest we move into an apartment and pay rent or getting our first house/condo, paying mortgage then once we want to move, rent it out?

I currently have 3 duplexes under renovation in Tacoma, with two of them completed, and ready to be listed to rent early next week. 

Or get the appliance dolly with the lift mech and focus on being the local mover for just that.

Hey everyone I am a new buy and hold investor and have a property in the Tacoma, WA area under contract.

Meanwhile, prospects for continued robust job growth moved Seattle-Tacoma and Boston into the second and third spots.

Works very well with Pierce County, Tacoma, etc...  

I live in Tacoma and work in Bellevue so I'm all around the sound.