Another challenge with Dallas is the 2.72% sales tax...impacts cash flow greatly, plus the rents aren't high enough to support the purchase.I'll keep on truckin' along searching in both markets (Seattle and Dallas) and adjust my strategy for seeking out deals.

I have searched both states and they seem to be a viable option.

Did you run a title search to see what other liens are on the property3.

You can start by going to www.narpm.org and search their directory of managers.

I'm on my own comp now and It displayed all the messages correctly, BUT then I had to blindly navigate down the page to hit the 'send message' button as there were page scrolling bars ...  

Have fun with the "search" tool!

The market is hot and great time to jump in, good luck in your search.

Put FHA+MFH and FHA+Investment in the Bigger Pockets search window above.

@Seth Dillon It may be worth a few hundred bucks to have a title search conducted.

My contact at Zillow mentioned this a mainly a play to try to get Seller leads to zillow agents. 97%+ of the sellers that click the button to sell their home ended up not wanting to go through with the zillow instant offer....they then know that the owner wants to sell and send that lead to an advertiser to try to take the listing....