There are lenders out there that will do 6month seasoning I'm doing one now.. that only leaves 2 deals a year unless you have alot of cash hanging around.

Now I’m not saying don’t go into real estate also, but take the low hanging fruit of employer matching contributions and then start working on real estate... there’s even books on how to do it with low or no money down by @Brandon Turner so it isn’t like contributing to your 401k is going to not allow you to do real estate.

The article doesn't talk about wealth...it talks about investing in the stock market with financial advisors, most of whom have no idea what the market is going to do beyond "over time the returns have been 10%...just hang in there."  

Ok so if you get a real estate agent license do you have to hang it with a broker? 

We quickly learned that students will always opt for paying less, but won't actually shovel the drive (adequately) - come February the build-up of ice at the mouth of the driveways would be sufficient that their cars will hang-up.Similarly, we handle mowing of lawns and raking of leaves.

After the first year they usually hang around 7.5-8.5%.

Looks like your location is a burb of Portland ,might have been a place they shot dope still hanging around ,lots of times it is neighborhood  folks that are hooked on dope/need money fill in the blank.The location  looks good get it behind you sale it !

And yes, (head hanging low) I did mean CO (Carbon Monoxide), not radon. 

Hang onto it as an additional deposit.Because when she goes that sink is probably going to go with her and the repair will be whatever gets the job done the cheapest, code or not.If she's not advertising a professional salon and just doing a few friends hair for cash side money, she will do that in the kitchen if you make her take the sink out of the basement (meaning its hard to prevent it)--so I'd probably ignore it--as long as its not a real business.I'd also have the plumber look at the installation when he's putting in the Hot Water Heater and make sure no plumbing issues are present such as water taps below drain water level, etc....Good Luck!

Unfortunately you do need to affiliate with, or "hang" your license with a Broker... for many reasons but mostly, to protect the public and for liability reasons.