The school district is amazing and quality of life makes it a highly desirable rental market. 

Other than being a homeowner I have zero experience in real estate.Plan is to buy single family homes in middle class, mostly owner occupied neighborhoods with good schools.  

Allen & Garland, and Southwest Arlington.That keeps you out of anything remotely considered a war zone and in some solid school districts, while still allowing you to find reasonably priced properties.

Maybe a little lower since most of the houses next to it looked like they were all built around the same year but the neighborhood itself is in a good condition and great location (in between two naval bases, few miles from a hospital and school, not mentioning the lake just down the street)

Thanks to being a delivery driver for years, working a state rep political campaign walking door to door one entire fall, and growing up riding my bike every where in middle school I feel I can do some serious investing in these areas as my knowledge increases.

I went to school at Kings in Shoreline and used to live in Edmonds.

(Probably worse because I've got court fees and likely repairs to make.)There are several upsides to all of this: (1) They are my worst tenants, once they are out my life will get a lot better (Pareto principal and 80/20 rule); (2) I'm learning the eviction process, so it's kind of fun for me (I'm a lawyer, so I'm probably enjoying it more than I should); and (3) I've taken yet another lesson in the school of hard knocks but it's unlikely I'll make this screening mistake again.The weird thing is that I'm not even really that mad about all this.

If I end up having to pay it, fine, I'm not so much concerned about that as I am if the property manager was irresponsible in doing this, so that it doesn't happen again.Bloomington is a great place for rentals, I own in an area more populated by community members and graduate students so I've had pretty good tenants, including a married PhD student/professor who stayed for 3+ years.

When my wife was dirt poor right out of school she got hers set up on a 30yr am schedule.

I work part time hours -- usually 30-35 per week, while I'm going to school full-time.