What’s your biggest challenge so far in analyzing those deals?

Challenges?

We appreciate your support and understanding during this challenging time.A medical note attached simply says "1 year leave from school for medical reasons"Please advise on what is the best recourse in handling a situation like this?

@Blake McWilliams This is a most challenging problem with both residential and commercial investors.

In real estate, blunt honesty often protects people from common pitfalls or predatory advice that oversimplifies the challenges of investing.

these tenant friendly laws seldom matter because the vacancy is so low the tenants want to stay in their units and realize an eviction will make it challenging to ever find a quality rental in this market.  

Getting one property and cashflowing it will be a challenge. you can try seller financing but you are still going to be highly levered which just enhances the risk that you are taking on.The best way to grow is to focus on managing your rental, saving money through your W2 and crushing that - if you are a realtor you will make more crushing it as being a realtor than over leveraging real estate - then save for down payment and buy slowly. its not a rush.

Two of the biggest challenges I face are that I’m not very liquid at the moment, and the Seattle area is extremely expensive.

I think BRRRR would be quite challenging as a first deal in an out of state market, but that is just my opinion.

You're facing a common investor challenge: learning from experience (and sometimes mistakes).