Ever hear the term " cash is king "?

(I mention the "down" side because I see that you are in Washington, where King CO and the Attorney General and a few dozen lawyers are located that are specifically looking for people who take over other peoples mortgage and fail to make the payments) It's the same reasons why I didn't set up shop in CA.

Brendan, Yonah is the cost segregation king for a reason. 

I just got an email from them offering free home photography for everyone in King County.Hi Julie,Exciting news!

I'd actually suggest you take it a step further and move just north of King County into areas like Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace, and Mill Creek. 

Between Columbus and Martin Luther King and East of Florida Ave. to the I275 highway is an area that I don't even want to drive through.

If a voucher holder has had a good track record, the PHA may allow them to pay a higher rent than the payment standard, paying the difference between the payment standard and the higher rent - but only if the additional amount paid, keeps their portion of the rent to 40% (if I recall correctly) of their income.Here is the payment standard list for Seattle:https://www.seattlehousing.org/residents/informati...King Co's website has a payment standard look-up feature, and you can put in different zip codes to find out what it is:http://www.kcha.org/landlords/rent-utilities/You should look over their contract to make sure it's something you really want to do.  

@Mooko King, I won't address the issue of the school system, etc.

Cash is king.

Cash is king and if you get it mostly on time, just deal with the snail-mail route.