Can anyone recommend an attorney who can handle eviction/ejectment of squatters in Lacey-Olympia, WA area? How much is the whole process normally cost?

Hi Jack, I’ve currently got 25 units and it takes me about 4 hours per month to manage the banking/rent aspect of them, usually less than 2 hours per month to deal with the tenant issues and because I take it seriously and live close enough to all my properties to be able to visit them frequently I spend about 2 hours per week visiting each of them once (unless there’s a problem at one or more of them which isn’t often) for a total of 8 hours a month.

A lot of calls come in for furnace and A/C issue.

thanks,Pat I'm a bit late to the party here so my apologies.Had a great call with @Drew Sygit about a similar topic.Wealth of knowledge from Drew and if you are still looking at starting a PM business, highly recommend you connect with him if he is available 😁100% agreed with @Nathan GesnerWe started PM in Toledo as a subsidiary to our turnkey outfit.Took us 5+ years to figure S#@% out lolSo definitely start "1 by 1" unit per se and grow organically.We are at a point just now where we are looking to scale via M&A.And that is only because I feel that we have reached our peak when it comes to generating organic leads.We get regular lead form opt ins and calls to our office.Literarily "monopolized" Google with SEO and our good reviews so there isn't much else to do IMO.Only issue I see is we aren't looking at expanding out of city and will stick with Toledo for now.Which will limit us in terms of expansion.Much success and all the bet with your business

Otherwise, i THINK the technical answer is to treat it like a business startup (e.g. an office or restaurant needing to buy furniture), and there is a way to account for that --- I just don't know it.  

I wanted to do a quit claim deed in a similar situation and my attorney told me exactly what you said "Why bother with a quit claim deed when you can issue a warranty deed?"

Usually one would think that Tenants are were the liability and issues arise and although there will be issues there, they are all quite simple to handle however, owners can certainly get you in trouble from a liability standpoint.

What other scenarios could I possibly run into besides property value decreasing that could cause issues?

My issue is, he wants the payment to be reduced roughly 50% to reflect the lower principal amount. 

The downstairs tenant made a deal with her ex-husband that he would take the autistic child 3-4 nights per week to stay over by him, so there won't be any noise issues on our property (the tenant's older kids can keep quiet...it's just the autistic child that is creating the noise).