Sure they could sell and walk away with a pretty healthy gain.

As for  Seattle - the city regs can be onerous, but there's a ready supply of tenants and rental rates are pretty healthy.

Healthy Navy population with the bases at Bremerton and Bangor (not so different from UW in terms of a healthy rental market), but also lots of healthcare employees.

As a result, with the new 5% conventional financing for house hackers, this size/shape inventory is going to see a healthy boost demand in the coming months/years.  

Right now everything seems to be on fire - not that you can't still find houses, just that the deals are harder to come by, and I don't see anything wrong with having a healthy cash position for down the road.

Somewhere progressive, healthy, outdoorsy, and young.

My life is a little chaotic and unpredictable these days but despite that, it's helped me establish consistency, a healthy routine, and everything is on track with the investment goal :) Really recommend it!

It's turned into a healthy income for my family and me.  

I'd love to hear how to safeguard against risk of non-paying tenants with the idea that pandemics/eviction moratoriums can happen.Hi Erin, sounds like you've got a good team around you with a CPA who helps you do planning.Although it can be nice to get a minimum number of units for a little diversity of income (5-10 units), I don't agree you need to keep growing to some set number (like 20) in order to reduce risk.Instead, just have healthy cash reserves to get you through the cash flow ups and downs.

Your standard MLS deal has too much of an owners markup and the Court House steps has too many "want to be investors" who are not properly doing their numbers to secure a healthy return be it fix and flip or fix and hold thus making it more difficult for everyone.