Find a Realtor in your area who actually is an investor or who works with them frequently.

I own several apartments and this situation happens very frequently where our tenants get pregnant and have babies that cry.

I was once at a spa at a major casino talking with a guy who had previously been locked up for a while.

I live in an area with frequent hail and we never pay for new roofs which is partly why insurance is so expensive.  

More often than  it, these properties see a lot of wear and tear from frequent turn overs and some things that aren’t “big deals” to existing home owners or PM’s go unnoticed or untouched until a new buyer comes in. 

It allows for them to keep a watchful eye on the property and makes them more available should any issues arise with the property.Investing out of your locality and in Seattle being that you’re at least familiar with the area and frequently travel here, wouldn’t be a deal breaker in my opinion.

@Rosa Sugo-Golden we find old UST's quite frequently in the Milwaukee area, although as home inventory is turning over and going through the sales process more and more of them have been removed.

4) How frequently did you see the need to consult the lawyers on an ongoing basis after the original LLC/trust model was put in place?

We use petistting to get out of our home frequently and rent it out.

As a landlord you are frequently solving problems that in a middle class property, the tenant would just take care of.Like say you had a tenant that got bed bugs.