Good point, the thing is that I want to enjoy my life while I'm still young and healthy, and not when I'm old, bold and toothless :-)10 years ago I thought that if I wanted to retire at 50 and plan to live till 90, I needed to have 40 free and clear town homes, each worth 200k.

They are giving people, like you and me, a free education and a chance to ensure a healthy future for this industry.

What these guys are saying is that as a result of a rule that made sense in a different era under different circumstances someone is knowingly going to pull the trigger and unnecessarily destroy over $100 billion in capital.So even though these properties are healthy and performing excellently, they will be destroyed.I am so very glad that I am now a retired banker, as I cannot see myself in good conscience functioning in a climate where a sub mediocre bureaucracy blindly enforces a rule because it's there.

Less than a week after this conversation, my father died unexpectedly at a young age, completely healthy.

I am fortunate that my credit is extremely good and I have been able to save a healthy amount that I can utilize during this process.

But I am sure the numbers are justified from what he told me, it has been appraised As Is $150,000.00 he lowballed it way less then that, and I am sure I can get $135,000.00 just for the contract and the investor can still make a nice healthy profit margin even after doing the repairs.Now my question though any investor in Lakewood/Tacoma, Washington area know of any good Title company or Real Estate Attorney that does Double Closings?

This year we will add solar and Batteries with Electric Vehicle chargers so we can rent to more affluent tenants. so many Healthy home programs.

Our market is SO healthy.

I am far from knowing all there is to know, but can't help but feel like being a buyer here with a healthy budget is just an invitation to be signed up with realtors' MLS without them having to do much of anything until we find a property that makes sense after dozens of drivebys, rental market research, etc.

Also from folks that didnt move but grew up there.Thanks and Stay Healthy,David