What companies do you think are the best and worst new home builders in the DC area.  

Washington? 

., @Joe Fairless CBRE Research had an update end of last month on Asian offshore/cross-border investments:Asian outbound CRE investment grew by 8.9% during Q2 2015, to US$10B.Intra-regional CRE investment declined by 40%, YOY, reflecting Asia's challenging investment conditions.China remains the largest source of Asian capital, while the US has just surpassed the UK and the top destination.While New York remains Asian CRE investor's top US city, Boston, DC, Seattle and Los Angeles have captured a ~40% share of their US investment capital so far in 2015Asian capital flows into the Pacific have increased 63% in the past year.Taiwanese buyers are on track to nearly triple their 2014 overseas investment volume.H1 2015 saw 30% of Asian outbound CRE investment go to hotels.Our private equity clients with Asian investor backing are searching for two different opportunity sets depending on the investors' prior experience with CRE in the US: Those new to the market want the gateway city trophy asset, but those who've invested here before tend to be more willing to branch out and invest in opportunities with more upside, say value ad deals in secondary markets.Good hunting-P.S.

If anyone is in WA and looking for a referral PM me and I will provide contact information.

Just wondering your thoughts on doing away with gas completely.I live in Washington State and gas here is cheap, but so is electric.

Don Washington III - you'll need to understand the whole process and not just the contractual part.

The numbers espoused on BP often do not work in some of the more expensive markets like DC, San Francisco, Austin, Boston, NYC etc......that does not mean that investing in these areas is bad, it is just that your investment criteria needs to be different.  

If you're operating from out of town I'd recommend hiring an attorney w/ a client Trust.  

@Natalie Kolodij,I personally do not have any experience with is type of loan, but below I copied and paste a link to the USDA website that talks about it and the contact information for the state of Washington.  

I am not an expert on this nor am I an attorney, I've just been assisting associations that passed their rental cap with 67% and not 90% here in Washington.