NO WAY in hell I'd ever buy property in Seattle proper due to the tenant friendly city council idiotic dead beat favor laws.

Based on how much development is going on in oceanside, the fact that you have a major military base right next to you that will keep bringing in and recycling new people every year, and even looking at vistas development - it's not crazy to think that EVERYONE in the Tri-city area is preparing for the high appreciation that appears to be coming to Oceanside and the Tri-city area as a whole.If you're dead set on building more cashflow, I'd recommend out of state.

Depreciation may not be as deadly, but it is no less complicated.

Your furnace dies , the neighbors report a dead hooker in the backyard , you got bed bug roaches or termites everywhere some crack head broke out the windows and spray painted helter skelter on the siding!

I was doing this in the dead cold winter in NY on my first FHA deal. 

I use a combo of a rubber mallet and a dead blow hammer.

This project could be dead in the water already, I'm not sure what my partner and his contractor were smoking when they thought this house was only a 90-100k reno. 

@James Wise James... thanks for the tip on the Radio... and the Schlage dead bolts.  

I ve been able to get a house around 80k and ARV 375k ... or even another scenario purchase  145k  wholesale 289k and buyer sold for 575k ... win win  for all , the seller , need it probate on a sudden dead siblings on other estate and elderly , no time for fixer upper, it was a win win  for all.and the cool thing , having first dips while acquiring the deals , if is juicy enough you can get it for yourself. also develop great relationships with other local investors , ( a great happy community , cos everyone is making money   and also providing solutions to distressed sellers) .   

and I think we would be stunned to know how many actually have their homes paid off.. its more than you would think I wanted to buy a townhouse in Vegas 2 years ago ( well my wife did) we don't owe much on our personal and being self employeed at the time I had too many mortgages so the RMLO is trying to talk me into refinancing all this dead equity I have in my personal resi..