He plans to move back to Texas in the next couple years but I keep telling him he needs to buy a home he can turn into a rental property when he leaves!

If you know you are going to keep this place for a while, getting into long term secure financing is advantageous.

@Nando NachiYour budget will dictate where you buy in in the Seattle Market.Plenty of areas on the rise especially with low inventory.With Condo, keep in mind some HOAs will have to weight in on structural changes.When it comes to schools, most buyers laser in on the school district.

Done a little of many things, I'm 24 and want to keep building my skills repairing homes as I feel there will be more of this work in the future.

Just starting my search but will keep you in mind.  

Keep us posted on your journey!

If you simply slow it down just a bit you'll also be able to keep the tax on profit deferred and use it for your own growth with 1031 exchanges.Instead of buying fixing and then selling to ratchet up slowly. 

These are not cheap.So rents keep rising and the ADUs have not done anything to change that. 

Even if you do preventative things it won't keep it dry.

That means keeping a fairly decent amount of money on hand to pay for materials/subs.