We are based out of Nashville and have a lot of experience in this market but we're looking for more cash flow.

What up guys.

It's worth checking out at least :) Also, there's a lot of meet up groups involving real estate in the greater Seattle area, where you could network to learn more information as well.

I'm definitely still in the exploration phase to see if I will end up going this route, but as I've furnished multiple units, I've realized I don't really enjoy that part of the process nor is design a strength of mine, so if I can hire it out to someone who will do a better job than me for a reasonable price, I will.

However these are probably not move in ready, so you might have to do renovations and you don't recover that.HOA liens are risky and you likely get wiped out at some point.I'd say mitigate your risk by NOT buying condo foreclosures, but neighborhood HOA foreclosures where the HOA dues are more like 400-$600/year, so maybe you pick these up for $1500 and live in a $300,000-$400,000 house for a year rent free. 

RUBS seems like another easy idea that we'd have to calculate monthly, costs me nothing, and does a fair division of the bill based on the number of people per unit.

A question I have been pondering within myself for some time and figured here would be a good place to get an answer.I currently own a home that has close to 100k in equity in it, we plan to move in 3-5 years to our long term house and would be sizing up a fair amount.So my question is should I use the equity to fund investments/projects, or should I save it and roll it all into my next house so I can have it paid off sooner/lower my monthly.

You may end up finding a tenant at $1950 and be “happy”.

Depending on your filing status, capital gains tax rate goes up to 20% from 15%.

Not sure why when I'm searching for something and the first results are ones that pop up from 8 years ago and have no replies...