The main house is 3 BR 2BA and is far enough away from the garage that you could never connect them. 

I’m starting out in Real Estate Investing and interested mainly in little or no money strategies.

Main job is working at a power plant, but am very passionate about giving real estate a go.

If you provide more details, people here can supply some helpful suggestions. 

Let them go there and pick their own contractor from the list that Home Advisor supplies. 

I look for things no one else wants.I'm currently buying medical office and retail because there's a large supply of the former in my market and because the popular media has convinced everyone that Amazon will put the latter out of business.Those are the kind of things you need to look for.

I come to mainly share what I've learned with almost 2,000 months of rentals, 2 dozen renovations, 10 transactions last year ect. as the whole point is to share freely and give a hand to those wanting to learn.

On the water supply side, its highly unlikely its tree roots. 

With our values increasing so rapidly over the past year (in particular), anyone who purchased 12 months ago has seen amazing returns on both rents and overall value of their properties.The main thing to watch out for in Seattle is the rental rules and regulations within city limits.

Theres too much controversy, too much regulation and too much supply in residential zones.