Auctioning of REOs and other owned properties you may be allowed 30 days to setup the financing.Things to check:Liens, back taxes, unpaid utilities, if the property is occupied you need to have a strategy for that (not sure if you want a tenet, if not you need a lawyer for the eviction or try a cash for keys), you won't have it in Seattle but on the east side of WA you have irrigation assessments.

However, the thread is about blogging for the purpose of getting exposure, and I think Sean is dead on with his assessment.

I started my company with the intention of managing property but as things progressed, my team turned out to magnificent at leasing.

The first time I called, I had a project that I had just completed and a second one that was in progress. 

I would look at recent neighborhood comps to assess current value.

For a move in ready house in this market, there is really no way to positively cashflow more than 100$ and a lot of properties I have assessed would have negative or break-even cashflows.

In my last post I mentioned a potential lead we are working and hope to share more details on that as it progresses.

get away from the city and theres a lot more opportunities with less competition and much lower expenses.I worked years as a plumber in most of the areas you've mentioned and struggled to make any progress.

Maybe not all that much different of a skill set than investing in the path of progress for real estate like the guy who bought the 20k lot.

I do think Airbnb has effected all real estate prices for this very reason: buyers of single family homes are no longer just assessing the comps of other sales, but also their ability to generate income from the asset.That being said, most small businesses overall are overvalued.