Or if I told you that I have a bunch of airplanes. and I will tell you 2% of these planes will reach the destination and the rest will crash and burn.

Thank you for your response, Im not actually planing on dropping out, I just wanted to see what the views from the other side were.

The investors risk tolerance , their budget consideration , are they looking for a contractor with better communication and management , or are they looking for a contractor who can give better price but ok to bear with communication problems , are they planing to rent or are they planning to flip  .

Regardless if we're talking about the industries of property management, insurance, planes, trains or automobiles.The simple fact is property management as an industry has a lot more power than a single landlord with only a few properties. 

@Jason Hirko  my problem was we were flipping to home owners with FHA financing.. we got our lunch handed to us.. no more .. its a locals market plane and simple in my mind.. plus you don't have state income tax...

Thanks for your time and insight BillFinancing may have an intrinsic value for a buyer, no credit or bad credit, they may think a financing option as being very valuable to them, but intrinsic values do not apply to the value of the car, or boat, or plane or real estate, to the asset being purchased.

So last year was not planing for house and write- off all my deductions.Looking forward to hear opinions and maybe offers.

yes i am planing to occupy one of the units. i would keep the first floor how it is and then live in one unit and rent the other

Are you planing on using cash to purchase ....if not - get some solid  options in place  that are  viable  to use for land or " run down"  properties 

The proximity to Seattle definitely sounds appealing, but if I have to hop on a plane to visit anyways it might not be such a huge benefit over investing in the Midwest.