For example:I hitchhiked across Latin America (Colombia to Chile) for 20 months.I taught myself to speak Spanish and Portuguese without formal lessons along the way.I landed the jackpot of a firefighting career in a major metropolitan city fire department after four years.I’ve stumbled plenty.

You're of course welcome to call your reps in support of these bills, but I encourage you to read more about the likely unintended consequences:https://www.startribune.com/to...This news piece is clearly written by someone of a liberal arts background, with zero or near to zero experience or knowledge in contract law or investment real estate. 

I think I hit the jackpot on this one

Ask any person liberated from German rule during WW2 if they wished for War, and they will say, "YES!"

Awesome goals - I love it, you are on the right path.You have hit the JACKPOT of resources for real estate investors.

Adding on to this, liberal zoning laws in King County (such as HB111) have created an environment of insane potential for the savvy investor. 

I'd pull back a little earth from the foundation--make a tiny trench kind of thing, and sprinkle DE liberally all around the foundation.

[Note that the SD City Council went left along time ago, those 2 'Republicans' are uber liberal, so that (R) means nothing.]And this topic is about what a new or average investor would/should do as far as investing in or out of that state, and in that regard, I think the negative views are pretty relevant.

Quick point about the questions regarding your prospective rental property you made a couple days ago, I would be a little more liberal on your expenses.

If I was to bet on appreciation alone, it would seem a bit risky here, yah I may hit a jackpot, but rely on luck is a bad strategy (in my opinion) - since I don't have experience in RE, I would like to minimize my risk, and do investment instead of speculation.Maybe I didn't look at enough in California, or just don't really know where and how to look for area that cash-flow (Fresno, Bakerfield?)