Most of this growth is being channeled into the western urban county.There's enabling land use legislation in the works: As of today, Snohomish county is nearing the end process of lowering the lot size minimums for Duplexes to the same size as SFR, instead of 150%, so conversions should be relatively simple to permit. 

Accelerating the payment of some taxes is well worth it to enable you to get financing.Be sure to aggressively appeal your property tax assessments downward, if at all possible, and shop aggressively for the best insurance rates (and terms, such as looking for "actual cost" coverage with high deductibles), as many insurers have increased rates sharply in the last year.

This will enable you to buy more doors faster.

What strategies did you implement to enable you to retire?

If the applicants are straw applicants or non-existent then the remaining tenants might not meet the income requirement and/or you could end up with a situation where a straw applicant has enabled criminal elements to occupy the unit.Sally, Joe and Eric apply for your unit, they pass and you rent to them.Later you find out:Sally and Joe moved in with Bob.Eric isn't a real person, he is a made up person, a stole identity basically, provided to you to pass the application screening.andYou find out that Bob is setting up a meth lab in the basement of your unit.I don't think that's ok as long as the checks clear.

But right now I'm evaluating if it's possible to leverage the existing equity to enable flipping for a few years full time (and quit my job).

Right after I told my family about the deal, my dad reached out to me by surprise and told me he'd be willing to lend me the money to enable me to use a conventional loan.

It's a strong testament to how valuable and special building something that enables others to give back and support one another really is.

I can't wait until the Siri enabled Avocado appliances come out

Its been said here many times, a good percent of landlording is managing human behavior and if you let this tenant continue to mess up your property with no repercussions, you are enabling bad behavior.