I own all the properties outright, no mortgages.Also, if Trump's bill passes and the corporation tax is set to 15-20%, does that mean it would affect my LLC and will be extremely beneficial to route all my profits through that?

Unfortunately without a contract, verbal agreements aren't worth much.... this happens quite often...I always try to stress contracts if your extremely interested in a property... sometimes others get contracts/offers in faster so it's just part of the game.

Taking the 21,000 and dividing it by $899,000 get you to a cap rate of 2.33%, that is extremely low.  

I wouldn't want to do real estate full time, but just to save on costs when flipping houses in the future.As far as having someone in Portland to manage things while i'm gone, I have one very very close friend that is extremely responsible and willing to help out whenever needed.

But..this is extremely rare - and I never heard of this on a standard home bought by a small investor.

The issue is her tenant is nice, but extremely weird about letting anyone into her property.

She's honest, hard working, and extremely investor friendly.

No, this is not an endorsement I'm just extremely excited to share my experience.

:)My partner and I are extremely interested in getting our real estate investment business off the ground in 2017.

My immediate next steps are that I'm putting burglar bars on doors and windows ($2200)The good news is that the insurance claim process was extremely painless and I already have a check from them.