The median time to contract has increased by 23.33% to 37 days, signaling a more thoughtful buying process.

Takes a long time usually and it's a pain, but you can often get the property before it hits the market if you can find owners with distressed loans.

I'm not an attorney and Washington state law is a real pain in the a$$, so I'd recommend contacting a WA attorney that works with investors such as : http://www.seattle-realestate-lawyer.com/Do you have any "boots on the ground" in WA? 

Find a better job anywhere to ease the pain?

This tenant has been a pain in the *** and high maintenance from the get go, but we are stuck with them.  

The interest rates are competitive across the board, it's not going to come down to that for most buyers.National Bank: This is the 'standard,' the 'baseline,' what most people do. 5 year prepayment penalty is slightly unfortunate, as many pontificators say rates will be dropping "soon," and it may make refinancing a little more painful.

I am a repeat founder and data nerd who is eager to build a new venture in the investing/data space.I was hoping some (or many) of you would be comfortable sharing pains in investing that you wish went away.You know, things that are so frustrating that you'd pay to have them stop. 

@J NewmanOh, the pain.

If a lender is not adhering to this common safeguards then that would be my first red signal .

OMG his special reports on the NAR Trial last October were just him reading some random news article, painful lol!