Saying that about Dodge takes a lot - they've come a ways since the casino was put in.Anyways I went on a tangent - but do your homework and check out the short term rental market - maybe buy a duplex and use the other half as a short term rental or a small apt complex if you can afford it near the university. 

Do you enthusiastically sign up to stay in places where you have no clue if your wife can plug in her hair dryer next to the vanity?

DH is an enthusiastic snowboarder and skateboarder. 

Basically you've got to call someone licensed to broker and say "hey I'm not super rate sensitive, open your junk mail please" since all of us are inundated with spam from these outfits on a daily basis, and for the most part aren't super enthusiastic about working with them.

If you trade on emotion, then you are simply going to the casino, nothing more. 

Try to get into the part of Everett near the casino or just outside of it.

I like to see others succeed thats why a lot of my posts are about being proactive and enthusiastic about the industry but also being cautious.

My research led me to BiggerPockets and I was enthusiastic about this platform from the very beginning.

She helped us buy our own house but I think she is not as enthusiastic with us as she used to be.

That is like telling people they can go down to any Casino and win 99 out of 100 times if you only follow their strategy.