@Marc Oister,  Before you start down the road of financing you may want to consider if you may have some environmental issue that will prevent financing or would require a purchase/rehab loan (i.e., 203K).You stated that the property has extensive mold. 

Drew, honestly I have no idea. many people are suing these days based on environmental hazards (mold grew in the house after you bought it, and then caused tenant health problems) that you as a landlord may have no idea are even present until its too late and your served with a lawsuit.

The newscaster was still conscious and told the officer the assailant had fled. 

To me a only major red flag would be if the property had some sort of environmental issue such as a leaking underground oil tank.

“never had a landlord do that to her before” sounds like an attempt (conscious or subconscious) to bully and make you feel like you are the only landlord who would charge them because you are so heartless.

We made a conscious effort to speak with at least 1-2 individuals per day.

Our world is showing the human and environmental costs of such oversimplified and narrow perspectives.

When you perform a deal from a viewpoint of honesty and fairness, not only will everyone be rewarded, your conscious will be at ease. 

The process of going through zoning and city approval is enough in itself to drive you mad, I feel like their goal is anti-developer so it'll be an uphill battle, especially for a city that is very urban and sustainability conscious like Seattle.I'm not familiar with the Seattle market but there's a development/design build firm out there I really like: dwell development.  

@Joseph Tarallo Mark is spot on - don't take a shortcut, remove and, if necessary, remediate.We walked away from a 28 unit building a couple of years ago due to two out-of-service USTs which the vendor did not disclose (he was the one who converting the complex to natural gas, so was aware of the oil tanks) and then refused to take responsibility for them.The property remains unsold, but it looks like he is now removing the tanks.The environmental liability of having unused/old USTs is not something you want.