Your open dates are late August, and many hosts across the nation see slow bookings when school starts.

Still close by but much more friendly tenant/landlord laws, property taxes are 4th lowest in the Nation, strong appreciation, job growth, population growth, etc. 

Lots of great in state options and national wholesale lenders as well.

Thats a different perspective.. the guru's cannot be national gurus and be at the street level  too many students in to many time zones.

I see this most often, when people go shopping on the national websites chasing rates. 

These 3 metros have prices cheaper than the national average, healthy rent-to-price ratios, and growing economies--solid market fundamentals. 

I read online that apparently for WA state there's a state and national broker exam.

I have tried to remove National Parks from mine and a call did not do anything.  

If the investors is not well versed in these three areas, they will not be able to successfully utilize the tactics and strategies that have proven as wealth accelerators by numerous real estate investors. 

Population growth >1.5% (based on https://www.nar.realtor/blogs/economists-outlook/the-nations-most-popular-and-fastest-growing-metropolitan-areas-in-2023?