If you go that route make sure to pay attention to the expensive stuff- plumbing location, presence of egress windows, and ceiling height.Let me know if you'd like to grab coffee and talk more about house hacking in Tacoma.

James Wise is active here has a big online presence.

The specific area is a hot area with lots of flips happening over the years and is highly desirable for young professionals such as myself working in the growing tech presence in the city.

For example, short-term works very well in vacation markets and can work in metro markets; medium-term works best in metro markets with hospitals; rent-by-room works best in markets with lots of young professionals or military.In our case, we wanted to use the rent-by-room strategy, so we selected Colorado Springs because of the young professional/military presence and because we could qualify for the houses.Then you will want to start analyzing properties in that market to ensure that you can hit the metrics you want, get connected with an agent (investor friendly) to start discussions about the market, and get connected with a lender to verify what you can be pre-approved for!

Intel and Hondas' future presence would be evidence to a good investment with billions of dollars being invested into their plants.

(Investigate the presence of Fortune 100 companies and industry diversity, using resources like metropolitan council reports and broker websites (e.g., CBRE, Colliers).)Affordability: Ensure household income has grown at least 1% YoY for the past 20 years.

If you have a corporation or llc over 2yrs old, high levels of unsecured lines of credit can be obtained with a strong Dun and Bradstreet Paydex Score, Credit Profile and a "low 5" business bank rating.Here is what you do:1) Establish a strong internet presence for your company by listing it on at least 15 sites-- Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Scoop It, Bing, Manta, 411, Google+, Google Places, etc.2) In addition to your business checking account, open an expense and savings account in the same bank.  

It would be a good choice if you planned to build a custom text-lead presence in the future.

My lawn company cleans but they don't always do the roof so it sits on the shingles, which can cause issues not only to the shingles but eventually the decking and interior attic area ( I presume so just like standing water on carpet will do damage) - so now I'm making sure the lawn guys look up on the roof to make sure it stays clean.So this "moisture" that was detected or presence is being taken care of to ensure there is no escape into any part of the house if that is likely.The test they did though showed no evidence of anything in the home.The tenants were presented with a settlement or buy out or what ever the language of the day is for them to leave and guess what......they had their own air quality test performed and they paid for it and that company also said there was no mold in the home.My PMs did an inspection and they are changing the air filter and keeping the home very clean.So now they are staying presumably until the lease end.Geez!

Alfred,These are excellent ways to boost your presence locally.