Feel free to contact me to discuss further.Shawn Washington

I don't mean to go against the grain of those who are selling that idea - all I can say is that it did not work for me.So.......... back to taking seminars, buying cassette tapes and books - I wanted to learn everything I could about investing in real estate ---- so--I had to get money, working capital, and I needed to go on the cheap - A friend told me about cheap properties you could buy in Baltimore - houses for only $2-3,000 and many of them could be found at public auctions.After borrowing some money and getting some credit cards and a new job - one in sales - I was ready - ready to invest in cheap- junk properties in the City.And wouldn't you know it - I got lucky at my first auction and purchased a cheap house that was boarded up - Because of all those expensive seminars I enrolled in I WAS READY - prepared with my pry-bar, flash light, level, marble and probe - I decided to go to this building that was being auctioned the next day - I sort of removed some plywood and crawled through a window to take a look -Boy was I surprised - this place looked great - I later found out that the estate boarded it to keep squatters out.The next day - I was ready with my deposit and waiting for the auctioneer to start his melodious hypnotic chant - 5 bidders appeared but did not bid because they could not get it - I was the only bidder and got the house real cheap.Today as an auctioneer, investor and developer of commercial properties - if someone would ask my opinion on how to get started I would suggest ---Continue to study but learn how to cut through the BSGet a credit line Learn 20 creative financing techniques - no money down systems (that is none of your own money)Hang with a few successful investors and pick - pick - pick their brain*** Look at 50 houses in the area you intend to invest (not expensive, blue collar, mixed rental and home owner neighborhoods)When you are finished looking at 50 properties - you will be armed with knowledge that most agents and other investors don't have - knowledge of values -Keep a journal, put listings in it, write down everything the agent or owner says, keep a record of the cost per square foot - this will help determine values -Have agents send you expired listings - go knock on the door or send a letter to ask if they are still accepting offers on the property - Remember an expired listed is a property that failed to sell - the seller should still be motivated to sell. 

Pacolet Pointe contains an ideal unit mix comprised of 8 one-bedroom units measuring 616 square feet each, 4 one-bedroom units measuring 588 square feet, 16 two-bedroom units spanning 777 square feet each, and 8 three-bedroom units encompassing 936 square feet each.

anyways I went back to find the address of the owner and couldn't find it using tax records. so I did some more snooping and found her new address in Washington..

Don't forget that with nightly rentals you'll be subject to Washington and Seattle city B&O tax on your gross receipts from the nightly rentals.

They focus on working with investors and guiding them down the path to properly scouting and securing an investment properties throughout the greater western Washington.  

Do you invest in liens in other states such as Washington, Idaho or California?

Hello BP,New real estate investor here, I mean brand brand new. My wife and I are in our early twenties, and we decided that we loved Seattle so much, we would move here from Chicago. Its been a little over 3 months, ...

I think that the growth in Washington state and specifically in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue point to strong rental markets based on population growth in the past 5 years(8.54% growth 2010 to 2015). 

The apt is 500 square feet and costs us, after utilities, over $1400 a month.