We had an investor who was struggling with a property he had purchased a few years ago, and he was self-managing. The building was running in the red and needed a lot of money for capital improvements. The owner was...

I would lean toward one of the building trades.

If your family can swing it buy a four plex.  

This is how I've upped my income in the flooring trade.  

This is assuming other localities have a similar rule to rcw requiring 10 day publishing period.Guardianship, Trust and Probate is a pretty small world, there's usually just a few big players involved.There are also professional and trade associations and continuing education where you can figure our who all these people are.

In any trade, there is both good and bad.

Let me know if I can ever buy you a coffee or a beer or an organic fair-trade hibiscus kombucha and we can chat real estate.

Hello Randy-The present housing situation your described would not qualify you for rental income to be used on DTI calculations when financing your next multifamily via a VA loan.For landlord experience, you must have owned a multi-family home, had prior experience managing rental units or other background involving property maintenance/trades and rental or collections experience.

He outlines, from start to finish and everything in between, exactly what a new investor needs to do to find, buy, rehab, and manage their first deal.David provides step by step processes, actionable content (i.e. email templates), and tools of the trade everyone needs to know to become a pro in their investing career.After reading David's book, I felt like I knew exactly what I needed to do and would be well prepared to buy my first deal and any new investor will feel the same once they read this book.4.

But these properties will just get traded and re traded like they have over the decades.