@Jennifer McElliottI think #1 will be your biggest obstacle - the fact that you are not familiar with the area and also that you don't have a team in place to help you find, rehab and manage the properties, as opposed to your existing contact where you live.I think there is nothing wrong with looking at AL once you move there for opportunities, but you have the WA market to always fall back to since you know it well.

My positive mental attitude has helped me through some of the biggest challenges of my life, I fiercely protect it by carefully choosing what I expose myself to.

However, my biggest fear with staying is stagnation (my "IT" job doesn't deal much with IT) and the opportunity cost.My InterestsMy interests are varied, really varied.

I'd give the longest tenant the last renewal because this unit is most likley the one that will need the biggest rehab if they decide to move, we have had tenants in same unit for over 16 years.

Our lender also informed us that the biggest issue that raised the red flag and qualified the property to be in Below Average Condition is the detached garage which needs major repair.Our dilemma:Our lender gave us the option to buy the property all cash and refinance instead of it being considered a purchase.

Ultimately, you need to listen to them and find out what their biggest pain point is and then solve that problem for them. 

We don't have a proven system that has worked, and could serve as our foundation.The biggest thing we have agreed we needed is to implement a great system / model.

Just make sure they are hand written on both sides with the biggest black Sharpie you can find.

That's the biggest thing I've read.

Our brain is our biggest asset.