.- In an inflated or ambiguous market, it's time to slow my rate of acquisitions, look at de-leveraging by selling less desirable properties and paying off my personal mortgage followed by my properties with the best long term rental prospects.4.

Explain that you are attempting to move in a decent renter, but if he discourages all of them, then you'll end up having to let some less desirable tenant move in.

The properties actually appreciate - there is a desire to live there due to the location (great schools, low crime etc).

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The biggest thing I’ve run into is making sure the investment property is in a desirable area.

@Alex Palladino Pockets will always be more or less desirable, but you can count on reasonably strong rental demand and good occupancy rates anywhere between Tacoma and Everett.

Metrowest in general is also very desirable.  

The routes I could take is in these markets with a conventional loan, find a property in a more desirable area that needs with and try to go hard money, or save more to get into a conventional loan in a more desirable location, or a partnership with someone that can bring equity to the deal.This would be a second home for me, so unfortunately FHA house hacking isn't an option.Thanks in advance,-Mike

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