There are exceptions - it depends on the size of the bedrooms, layout, neighborhood, etc - but 4 bedrooms appeals to more people and usually commands higher prices.

If you rent you will have some repairs to make for it to command top dollar when you sell.

Bear in mind also that even a very unappealing out-dated look to the house can be enough to turn off a lot of buyers and create an opportunity for you to buy at a good price.In a nutshell, you want to find a distressed seller/property, then make the improvements in order to command retail pricing when you go to sell.

Blake, We don't know the size/condition of the property....but even 2 BRs in that area can command that type of rent (I've seen them $1250 just a few blocks north), and a 3BR is definitely in that range.

The 25,000 jobs will be spread over a period of 10 years but what I think is most interesting is the average salary that these jobs will command.

A desirable community will command higher home prices and the reverse sometimes making homes impossible to sell.Because financing is difficult you may be required to carry the note.

@Brendan Harrison, Figuring out projected income for short-term rentals... since realtors can be a little optimistically misleading in regards to what a property would command on the rental market, is there a way to calculate this if you don't have the actuals/T-12, i.e. the property wasn't previously used as a rental?

With the presence of Boeing getting bigger and bigger coupled with the military bases rentals are commanding top rental rates.

From looking at rents in the neighborhood it seems that it could command a higher rent if it were in better condition, too. 

I've negotiated some and the last counter was a sale price of $515,000; with 20% down ($103,000), and seller carry financing at 5% interest rate amortized over 30 years with a balloon at 5 years.The potential with the property: the rents are 40% below market, the office space could be turned into residential and command steadier rents at about 30% more - that would cost about $150,000.