I have been thinking of real estate investing as a way to leverage my position and grow it faster, but my concern is that the effort required to get much in the way of wins in the Seattle market just wouldn't be worth it compared to simply letting my portfolio grow using Bogleheads style index fund investing.The Seattle market has really high prices right now, so the 2% rule would be crazy to achieve, and even the 1% rule would be incredibly rare, i would likely be looking at closer to .5%.

I'm currently reading one of the suggested business books in the podcast titled "Trump Style Negotiation" by George H.

@Andrew Johnson my cost of living and life style (even in Santa Monica) is covered.

Cheap and looks great with Tuscan style vinyl, with flat white walls.

Similar bed/bath/square footage/area/style.

However, this is a little different than usual as the wild card in all of this is Trump with his loose cannon style use of Twitter coupled of course with Kim Jong-Un's threats.

So 2.5 years ago I bought my very first ranch style house for $210,000 here in Northern Colorado.

These are likely people who have already researched the area and if they haven't, they don't care are probably not as picky as those who insist on seeing the place first.I suggest have good photography of every unit (or photos of every style of floorplan if you are renting multifamily) because the people who rent sight unseen rely only on pictures because they only need pictures to make this decision. 

2) You'll have to get a business partner and do some syndication style deals.

Ideally someone who has knowledge of and experience with old Victorian style homes found in NW D.C, circa 1900.House is in Washington DC.