I googled it and found this on Realtor:One simple, somewhat passive way to find the best real estate agent is to identify which agents have the most listings in your area.

Criteria can be as simple as: what type of property do you want?

When you have landlords who have a property that they don’t pay any attention to and god forbid, have property managers in place who aren’t doing their job and raising rents to keep up with the market, there’s a simple value-add opportunity.

The 20% rule is also not as simple as that.

One simple example of why not to trust the FDA.I am not for more burdensome regulations on landlords and believe landlords should have more freedom in whom they rent too.

But the simple answer is:  If you buy from the MLS, the sales price is likely to be reported.  

It was not done well, there is a hodgepodge of 'handyman/diy" work throughout, and I'm trying to decide if we fix it up right or just make do until we sell in 10-15 years.The two units are ~3bd, 1ba and about 950 SQFT each, with less than ideal layout but otherwise are ok cosmetically, and the property is fairly large and has a nice yard for the area (South Seattle near Light Rail).

Here are some simple steps to complete that:Start with the apartments in the area.

Creating a LLC and quitclaiming is simple.

I was just involved in a transaction where the other side ended up owing us $20k from a relatively simple mistake.