No new marketing technology, nothing innovative.

This is important to know but can be lied about very easily.

Percentages lie, and they tell you nothing concrete.  

Will be awkward but this creates scarcity and competitionThe Application ProcessThe Rental Application Name(s) Date of birth SSN Phone number + alternate number Previous address (past 5 years) Current employer (name, hire date, income, contract info) Past employer (‘’) Emergency contact info Release of information statement Signature Application fee ALWAYS take an application fee to take the application (your time and trouble) ask local management company’s what their fee is, this should be around $35 per adultScreening Tenants Hold the rental history and income in high regard when in low-income areasLook closely at: Prior felonies Prior evictions filed Evictions carried out Bankruptcies Judgments Other criminal issues or bad financial historyVerifying Income and Rental History Remember that people often lie on their application so make sure they sign a “release of information” signature to allow you to properly check their claims Begin with their job.

Pair that with a diversified economy that's being driven red-hot by the concentration of technology companies...I don't know much about Seattle, but NY is my back yard.

I just got sick of people destroying my property and lying to me. 

That's when the temptation to lie, puff, fudge, gloss over, downplay risks, and in short compromise one's integrity gets intense.A better idea would be to get your real estate sales license and work for an experienced, ethical Broker in your market for a few years.  

Looking back, I could of saved thousands of dollars upfront and during the life of the loan.Being told I could not refinance from a current lender and waiting months to do so, when all I had to do was ask another bank.Being lied to by a seller's agent that a unit could be a short term rental property several times in writing and text only to find after inspections and deep diving by my lawyers that there was an addednum added to the condo docs which striclty prohibited - completely sunk costs there and pulled out of that deal. 

That obviously does not help any of you…Sometimes you just have to explain that numbers and that the numbers don’t lie.

For the vast majority of renovations/upgrades you do not get a dollar-for-dollar increase of value.Where the advantage may lie is with differentiating yourself from the competition, which may bring a slightly higher price, but ideally reduces your time on market and lowers holding costs/vacancy.