City proper has been on 5 year bear market completely unrelated to anything political, the suburbs have been adding inventory since the summer but are still very low but any measure and have actually gotten tighter the last few month, while I am open to the idea these cuts could eventually have some effect on the market, about 20% of the dc area is federal employees, let’s say the federal government cut the work force 25% which would be huge, that’s 5% of the population, but a good number of those people are either two income households where one person works in the private and/or the person being laid can go get a similar job in the provide sector l, the percentage of households who would be forced to sell thier house over this is likely in very low single digits.

When you have a proven track record of performance, then you can play with other people's money. 

This post reflects my personal experiences and opinions, so always do your own research before making any final decisions.

I personally put them on a schedule, long term, because I do not have the time to do the work myself and contracting it out all in one shot comes with a large bill.  

I'm happy to make a personal intro to someone for you if you'd like.

Hi @Ryan Kinoshita,I personally recommend Chase business for a few reasons: Really easy to work with, really good sign on incentives for both their accounts and business credit cards, and there are branches all of over the country making it easy to handle your business from anywhere.

@Sarah Hadassah Negrón so you get a money judgment.Now you have to turn that into a garnishment action with the courts.To do that, you typcially need to have the tenant personally served - which means finding them or hiring a skip-tracer to do so.Then, what are you going to garnish?

Even if you personally have just a modicum of design aesthetic sensibility, after reviewing 20 or 30 properties, you will quickly be able to get a sense of the winners.My 2 cents,Mike

Welcome, great community here on BP but also in-person in Central Texas, definitely encourage you to get involved in the lots of groups and events in the region!

Some investments give better ROI in Phx, such as multifamily, and some generally perform better in getaway destinations (Sedona), for STR's, etc.