What else I love is it's central proximity to the rest of the Western US. 

Not sure what the threshold is, but if you're over a certain amount spent for rehabbing a property you're required to raise the house if you're in the flood zone, which most of Poquoson is unless you're in the far western part.

As Dave mentioned, suspended PALs don't directly offset capital gain from the sale of a rental property by way of netting the capital gain to zero; rather, they are reported separately but in an offsetting fashion.

I live in Western Mass and am looking to begin my investment journey.

Hey AdamIf you build the right Core 4 team and find good deals that meet the 1% rule I believe "buy and hold" could be a good way to grow your wealth in a safer fashion.

I've owned 4 of my own houses and done well on all of them, but this Western WA market is hard to nail down.  

I have not had any trouble with them yet although my HVAC guy says he thinks the old fashion ones are better and less of a headache.

My team and I specialize in short term rentals here in Western NC and I would love to connect with you.

ALL in 30kish, with case western kids at 500 per bed, 6 beds, so the math :) about 28k NET income, Now they are selling for 100kish,,,,, 81 unit with 25% or better net cap for years.

I want to buy properties where I can fashion the calculations to reduce principle and own the asset free and clear in the shortest time possible.