Tranportation imporvements, Vacancy rates, unemployment, average household income, growth rate of population, available rental stock, infrastructure improvements, large employers moving in.

I live just west of Portland, and I'm looking to get into REI a little more to supplement my retirement as I'm self-employed (General Contractor) and don't have much of a traditional 401k, etc.I started out buying a duplex as my first house back in 2005, which I lived in one side for 7 years and rented out the other.  

Tacoma/Olympia/Lacey have a high rental and first time homebuyer demand with the largest (by far) employer being JBLM in Pierce and Thurston county.I am active duty military and an independent real estate agent.

I'm looking to become self-employed and would like to start with Joint Venture Wholesaling.

Hey David, what side of town are you looking on and what is your method (buy and hold or buy and flip?

I'm just starting out and I wanted to know if this was a great goldmine of a source, to what degree and the best methods that have been used for the sellers. 

However, when I look at the IRS publication on per diems it says self-employed persons can write off food per diems. 

Although if the negative interest rates don't keep the economy from deleveraging employment rates might go up substantially even with these crazy labor force participation numbers.  

Different methods work for different people.

I am really really wanting to dive in already and get my first Buy and Hold under my belt and use the BRRRR method like brandon always talks about!