The bill would exempt nonprofit organizations and other entities primarily engaged in the construction or rehabilitation of housing from the definition of “investment entity.”I'm curious on what everyone's thoughts are on this.

By being involved in organizations shows there commitment to being up to date on all the changes laws and market trends. 

Your investment may be impacted by regional laws, difficulties with property management, and market fluctuations.Considerations:Personal Preferences: Evaluate how comfortable you are maintaining a property locally as opposed to overcoming the difficulties associated with investing out of state.Financial Objectives: Clearly define your long- and short-term financial objectives.

If folks have any suggestions for good, mutually beneficial organizations (not ones that want to charge me $150 just to listen to the same old presentation), I'd love to hear them!

In my experience, generally the party paying for the title insurance gets to choose the title/closing agent, unless there a reason for the other party to object. 

RHAWA is a fantastic organization that is there for landlords and fighting for landlords rights in WA.  

Once you have that, file articles of organization with the secretary of state.

As we head into the busy season, what new trends are you incorporating into your marketing strategy to stay organized?

So far a nationwide funding search targeting traditional national, regional & community banks; SBA lenders; & hard money sources has been unsuccessful for numerous reasons - not the least of which is their objection to financing or investing in our type of business. 

This is because plaintiffs attorneys first objective is to take inventory of who has insurance.