You look at the Pacific Rim investors buying west coast real estate in the TOP markets (  LA, Silicon Valley, SF , Seattle and Vancouver BC) and never renting it..

The Pacific Northwest has a lot of rent control areas, but it has mild pleasant weather and pleasant people. 

Hello I am Aubrey,I am a Branch manager With Growing-Funds.com or Growing Funds Investments (Pacific NW branch USA) aka GFI.

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Just be careful on where you buy and make sure the numbers pan out, the single family market is still pretty soft and there are a ton of properties that have been redone and sitting in certain parts of San Antonio.  

They don't always pan out.

However, if the hard-money loan option does not pan out then I am willing to use my own money.

In regards to your ambitions in Real Estate, as long as you've done your due diligence, and the numbers pan out, that is your ammo.

@Javier Rosales it's important to keep in mind that if you're seeing a real estate deal in an open forum like the MLS or Zillow, so are thousands of other hungry investors and if a property has been on those sites for a while, thousands of investors likely have a good reason for passing on it.Sometimes there are good deals to be had on the open market, but if I were you, I'd focus on putting a team of experienced and knowledgeable people together to help you identify which deals will actually pan out for you in their local market.Happy hunting!

The few that don't get rooted out PDQ.Imagine how much your costs would go down and how much savings you could pass on to your customer without all the ridiculous fees and permits in the Pacific Northwest.I just watched "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles" episode where a guy bought a lot on a bluff overlooking the ocean (far above the sea) to build a house for his kids to grow up in. 15 years later he was selling it never having moved in.