Not the most cost effective, however very professional, honest, and open 24 hrs 7 days a week - perfect for emergencies (which we have used many times over the years on our rentals). 

What is the latest and greatest emerging technology in the real estate industry?

I'll start with our goal, which is to free up or access about 200k of cash for primary residence improvements and emergency savings.

I'm trying to spend under $350k for the property, and I'm actually intrigued by emerging areas if they are gentrifying, but I'm mostly looking either near the University or in areas with strong school districts.

I'm renting out the ADU behind my house in Olympia and have a question about requirements for emergency plans for tenants. 

Always maintain emergency fund for life’s and landlord’s surprises.

However I do think it is important that you really think carefully about what your goals are and devise a budget that you can stick with to pay off credit cards and build an emergency fund if you want to go through with your plan.

Given that Houston's dropped from #4 to #60 on PWC's best market list, I am considering let everyone duke it out on MLS for these flooded homes and exploring other emerging or under served markets until the insanity subsides.https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/asset-wealth-...We'll continue to make offers because for every offer we make we learn a bit more about the industry and we like that, but given the market conditions (sellers market) we doubt our hard money requirements will enable us to win many MLS deals. 

So I go over and everything is working  as it should , the heat pump is on emergency heat and blowing warm air .

It's funny, but when I make an analogy about something I did with a financial transaction to my friend who is an Emergency Doctor, he always tells me that's not apple to apple... in the Emergency room, the patient can die.... the Stress level is vastly different.In this case, Yes, my Brokerage can get sued, but no one is going to die.I would say a better analogy would be going Pro Se (acting as your own lawyer) from reading books, hoping to win a case in Tenant/Landlord court in New York City.I've done that twice.The first case the tenant did not show up.