To touch on the code violations, they could be as simple as overgrown grass, back taxes, or as serious as major structural defects.

Chris, I live in Los Angeles and know all of the outskirts of Seattle you mentioned, (fed way, Everett, snohomish) very well, but nothing about Tacoma.

As well, stocks are probably bound to fall, the Fed just printed large amounts of money, and our debt is basically unable to ever be paid back.

Well with my knowledge of the financial markets I can tell you the Fed is tapering it's bond buying programs and interest rates will start growing rather quickly here.

But title shows a fed lien on the owner.

We are planning a further alteration to the system to have the return line(s) from the heat fed into the heat exchanger of the solar system - or perhaps a second heat exchanger - to allow recapture of residual heat in the return lines to preheat source water.

I'm sure investors are a significant part of it, but more so the Fed taper on treasury purchases and subsequent uptick in mortgage rates ever since the last Fed meeting.

I think I have been stuck in a grass is greener attitude where I thought I could probably sell for 350 and find a better lot (location, bigger).

A snake in the grass is not a problem as long as you know that it's there.I don't think they'll come out smelling like roses either. 

Slim to negative cash flow, high likelihood that rates will increase (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-26/bullard-sees-fed-raising-rates-in-first-quarter-of-2015.html), all while hoping and praying for appreciation?