@Jack Vaughn Thank you so much for your guide, I've been having this dilemma for a while shifting from place to place trying to find my specific location to search for homes.

If the neighborhood begins to shift toward central air, then adapt and adopt. 

I have been trying to get to those meetings but I work shift work and its very hard.What I an looking for is are there parts to stay out of, any experience with rental history and how is the borough to deal with and rent prices.

I use a standard printing app from my phone but it doesn't operate off a queue so I have to tell it to print each envelope one at a time, and my Canon Pixma MG4120 printer spits out these little 3 5/8 x 6 1/2 envelope...

We'd be shifting from having to pay some of our mortgage to having to pay none of our mortgage, which seems like an upgrade.We also want to become real estate investors and from an investment point of view, it makes good sense to live in a unit for one year into order to control that asset with such little money down and be able to finance the rehab.And lastly, we signed several documents stating that we understand it's a crime to not live there for a full year.  

I currently own two businesses, and as I get more streamlined with my processes I have more time to fulfill this dream.

There must be a movement of some sort which may cause a shift with wholesalers.

Joshua Kapp yea I've heard about it and have been unable to attend as I work 2nd shift but as soon as I get that changed, you will see me there!

I've already been pre approved and the house hunt has begun so now I just want to make sure I'm well prepared to be a landlord and to see how I can streamline the whole process.

I’m not starting out with nothing, at least, and have great credit after paying off a mortgage for so long.I’m thinking about the new(ish) Woodinville/Bothell corridor along 527, the less crime-ridden parts of Everett, and Auburn (as friends down there tell me the city is cleaning up its act and crime is shifting out of the area).