I am in the process of retiring form the land lording game so I only have about 8 of them left . and I self manage them. they were some of my very best rentals ever. 

New or experienced both can be of help with this game.

I am just getting in the game with little knowledge and almost zero experience with REI. 

Commercial deals are much more of a pure numbers game.

I thought this would be a good deal for the cosigner especially since they aren't having to put in any skin in the game except their name on the note.  

I'm just getting into the game down here but have the Northwest on my radar as a place to invest in the near future and likely move to again-- how is the market up there?

At least right there at the table.

The good part about mentioning you are an investor is that if you make the lender feel you know the game really well, they will treat you like a potential repetitive income source.

They should be able to help you out, if you're bringing something to the table @Stephanie Watkins

One of which is a 4 unit.Now, this guy sent me a table with the information about the properties and two rows of the table gave Zillow rent and zillow estimate (for the current sale price of the property).I've already checked all of the local assessment data on the property and all of the estimates are almost double what he has paid for it.