I would simply get away from any large bank and go to a small local community bank that will cherish your deposit relationship..

If you want to invest in A/B markets, a common strategy I'm seeing for investors in highly populated metros is to find large lots with a single family home and add 1 or 2 ADUs onto them.

LOLLong term, especially in emerging markets where there is job and population growth, things will be fine.

We teach how to find those so here are some ways:ProbatesTired LandlordsVacation HomesExpired off of the MLSPre-Foreclosuresand so onand they are often located by mailings, cold calls, door knocking, "Bandit" signs, word of mouth, Local REIA meetings

A landlord does not need to provide a reasonable accommodation for an emotional support animal when:The property is an owner-occupied building with four or fewer unitsThe property is a single-family home sold or rented by the owner without the use of an agentThe emotional support animal poses a risk to the health or safety of other people, or a risk of substantial damage to property (but this risk must be specific to the animal and cannot be based solely on assumptions about the animal’s breed)"Definitely have a chat with a local attorney to ensure your local laws apply, nonetheless since its an owner occupant, it sounds like you have some recourse to deny this request. 

Included with the offer is a bank statement showing the buyer has $127k in liquid cash sitting in a checking account at a local bank.  4.

The best are the facebook groups or reaching out to a few local realtors .

the local facebook groups and local realtors are a great place to start . they are able to populate reports for you by zipcode 

A great place to learn more about WA real estate investing and finding deals and connections is our local REIA - https://www.reapsweb.com and checking out some of our Zoom meetings if you can.There's some great pages on Facebook that you can find deals from other investors, and if you're looking for turnkey there's always the MLS (Zillow, Redfin, etc will get you access to those).If you want a specific search setup, reach out and I can get that started based on the criteria you're looking for too.As someone that moved up from CA a few years ago, I was curious why you're looking at WA instead of other long-distance locations?

So most of them aren't concerned with cash flow and are frankly lucky to break even on these local programs.