When I do call them my first idea is to call and assume they got my postcard (use this as a temperature gauge if they did/care), see if they have seen the property lately if they're not owner occupied, if they are ask how they've liked lately and then transition into seeing if they're open to selling it, what they expect for pricing and if it's within 10-15% of the price I'm willing to buy at then put in an offer, inspect it, tear it apart and then renegotiate at the number I'm comfortable at. 

My initial hope was to invest in Canada to avoid complicated tax scenarios, but I know members of the BP community have had good success with cross border investing as long as it's structured correctly.I'm looking to work at least 1 more year overseas, but I'd like to start transitioning into investing over the next 12 months if possible to do so from abroad.I'm really excited to enter into this exciting industry, and hopefully work with some of the great real estate minds here on BP!

Not really as  transit friendly as other parts of South Seattle.

One bedrooms typically have higher turnover and that adds costs in makeover, lost rent in transitions, etc.  

This rail system is a very affordable mode of transit that thousands of commuters use to get into the city.

Have you transitioned to a more REI focused career yet?

If fees are too low, I would suggest keeping them the same for at least one to two years, then slowly incorporate increases.If you pay cash, make sure that you have some sort of clawback ($$) for a certain amount of time if accounts leave in XXXX days.Will the owner stay a certain amount of time to help in the transition?

It's admirable that you want to step in but if you think it would be hard to move her now to a rental town home or apartment it's only going to be worse down the road.Your emotional ties to this "house" is keeping you from seeing the opportunities you need to support your mother in a transition to a new living situation.

And now we have many neighborhoods that are in transition and changing rapidly.

What I do is just shoot an email to my best investors that I know they will close fast and smooth.