Thank you for the heads up Lindsey!

Everyone wants to be an agent for what people "think" is that "easy" commission check, but nobody wants to get down and dirty doing the rehab work for investors once they bought the property, or residential buyers who found they went in over their head on a DIY fixer-upper, or BRRRR people in that same boat. 

Staying up to date on where Seattle is at and where it's heading and sharing that info with your clients.

How Can I Get Started"[1] Knowledge of what you want to do, and what you don't want to do.For instance I want to make money by housing people in clean decent housing (for a good profit), but I don't want to be the guy doing it in dangerous areas, or in rent controlled areas.

As well, you will be better able to decide if your time is better doing, or delegating.It's a bit like car maintenance in my head.

For instance, Tampa or Orlando are hot markets in Florida.

So if you and your parents sell then you and your parents have to buy (but the IRS doesn't know them to be taxpayers for the property).This would be an instance where a corrective deed immediately before close to quit claim the property from your parents to you fully might be the answer. 

If there is an appreciable amount of time left on the lease that prorate should have been credited to you.Review your closing documents--it's possible you may have gotten the credit under a heading you wouldn't have expected.

Small nail holes are also wear and tear, so you only charge if there is an obscene amount of holes or large holes from something else.I don't have a reasonable life for carpet off the top of my head since I don't have it in any of my units, but I think the reasonable life is 10 years.

For instance because seller thinks their complex that has low rents and needs work is worth what the town has it at, which is assessed on the high side of the market and doesnt take into account how commercial multifamily is evaluated.