It's a good time to start exploring your loan options and setting yourself up to search alerts so that you can become familiar with the area, and start running the numbers :) it's a little harder to cash flow in the north side, but the appreciation is quite significant. 

He said the guy is over seas and want to close by 4th which is quite doable.

This will create some more movement, has been holding up quite a bit of growth.

Quote from @Chad Verde: Hi BP,I have quite a bit of equity sitting in a rental property I own.

But that's in the past, I  no longer accept tenants in toxic Seattle, I've quit.

The property value has increased quite a bit since then and i would like to increase it, but i wasn't sure it they would entertain it being that its an investment now and not my primary home.  

It is quite common to conduct a move-out assessment for damages and apply the costs against the security deposit (SD).

This is me as well, though I don't think I'm at quite 400k available but it's several numbers in the 6 figures.

When successful it is quite rewarding and can lead to favorable basis and financing opportunities but there are certainly risks and its important to have plenty of reserves and be realistic with time frames.

I hope everyone scammed here is able to recover at least some money; however the subject “guru” appears to be quite adept at dodging responsibility and consequences.