I would also add, a contractor that you can buy materials for and they know how to put them in with little to know direction (reduces the management time of the project).

Investment Info:Condo buy & hold investment in Ashburn.

Once I've completed these initial projects and built up some capital, my long-term goal is to transition into buy-and-hold investments in potentially more affordable markets to maximize cash flow and scale up.Right now, I'm particularly interested in investing locally here in the Seattle metro area.

so: buy a house. 

All else being equal, lower mortgage rates reduce the cost of ownership and, thereby, allow more people to afford to buy.

- The percentage difference is the percentage the taxes will go up after you buy it.What do you mean by the property has HVAC AND boilers? 

I would never buy a home in a flood plain. 

When buying sub2 you get the deed in the trust name with you as trustee.

We mostly buy houses from out of state and are aware of it's challenges but many investors have done successfully, so it can be done.

In fact because an IRA kicks off UBIT on leveraged real estate many people opt for private lending until the account has enough to buy real estate in cash if that is their goal.