Everyone wants a flashy car or be able to take there family anywhere in world or cure cancer.

I'm hoping that the legislature here (with plenty of representatives that are NOT from super-lefty urban areas)  will be willing to consider that the downsides of allowing rent control would outweigh any benefits long term,  and there are other approaches to ease homelessness and housing availability crunch that should be considered instead (encouraging more housing construction, incentivising and underwriting riskier tenant pools instead of forcing landlords to take them; reinvestment in mental health and drug treatment programs and transitional housing, working with employers to site new job centers in underdeveloped/struggling areas, etc.)I'm certain that if the state constitution is amended Seattle will implement some kind of rent control.  

Im sure they'd find more.Oddly enough I cleared my head this afternoon as this has been boiling over since I found out the final condition of the house Friday night - I sent a firm but polite text message and after a couple back and forths - he actually called me and we had what I'd consider given the situation a civil discussion - He truly is a sociopath as he was trying to play the victim and twist things into the fact we gave him all the window treatments - He attempted his bullying in the conversation as well which was shut down - The ultimatum was given to bring the stuff back to court Monday or to our attorney's office by end of business or I'd file a police report Tuesday morning. 

Let’s say you move out of the property and rent it for 12 to 24 months then it may qualify for exchange treatment.

Also, if you didn't have to work to cover your monthly/yearly expenses, that doesn't mean you have to stop working...you'll just enjoy it even more since you don't need the income.2 - Pick other financial goals (i.e....generations behind you, favorite cause...like Aids, Cancer Research, homeless, etc...)3 - Legacy

Keep in mind for west coast folks you have the 500k tax FREE exemption on owner occ.. so you can sell and not be forced to remain a landlord if you choose to do something else.. that one tax treatment for those in high appreciating markets balances the scale of the rental equation.. 

Take a trip to a child cancer center.

I'm just starting in real estate, but for the past 21 years, I've worked in research to improve substance use treatment.

Cancer runs in my family.

That is why I do not buy into the (MISER) strategy.I lost my dad in car wreck when I was 16, my best friend's dad to cancer, and my grandmother that same year.