Besides flying out to the state, or waiting on the inspection, or using WeGoLook.com does anyone have a suggestion?

Any suggestions?

Additionally, this property is close to the airport so there is a lot of potential to turn it into an airbnb hub, leading to more cashflow and of course, more management/cleaning time.Long story short, would you take a deal with these parameters:- Asking price $165,000 (pre-MLS price) - Duplex consists of: 1 bedroom main floor and basement unit & 1 bedroom upstairs unit- Total rent: $1600/month (tenants pay utilities)Addendum: I just bought my first property with 11% down (before I found BP), so any suggestions (or links to forum posts/blog posts/podcasts) on creative ways to finance this deal, please let me know.Thanks BP community.

Also, turning over a house is much more expensive than turning over an apartment.I would suggest buying something in the Seattle area.  

My loan officer suggested creating an LLC and buying houses under the company name and using me as the personal guarantor, thus allowing me to own/control four more.

Here is a suggestion for real estate investors flippers using QuickBooks-You should have four main stages in QuickBooks as Class:- Leads- Rehab- Sold- Overhead expensesKeep track of each property expenses immaterial you buy or do not close the lead.As each property progresses in the stage, change the subclass of the property.

Many lawn care people do snow as well in the winter, so I would suggest keeping an eye out for them.

Is there a way for us to suggest that the tenant can break their lease without us getting stuck covering the payments?

I might suggest offering a lower rent than what they pay month to month as an enticement for going long term (and that could mean either offering a lower rent than what they pay now, or raise the rent if they want to pay month to month).All those little decisions you'll just have to feel out what works with your place and tenants.

I would suggest contacting a local attorney and getting at minimum the state bar form rather than using whatever it is you found online.