Supply/demand and effective purchasing power are what I look at for location trends in our area.

"No Cause" Termination is a simple way to go and can't be contested and is an effective way to remove a tenant (not allowed in King County).

That's the most effective method.

If person were to sue for damages, it would be tough to cross the $1 million mark.

With this fact pattern, its tough contemplating losing maybe up to 20% of my initial capital in load charges to sell and buy just to effectively annuitize what I have. 

Snowball effect in full force - esp with dual W2 401k maxout and the recent bull run.I check it regularly, mostly because I also use it to track our CC spending/transactions.

That is why you have an independent property inspection and have anything that would effect the integrity of the property or be a potential hazard addressed by the turn key company before closing. 

I particularly enjoy browsing through county records although I'm not sure if it's the most effective method.

Furnish it, the last thing you wanna do is have your rental over run in the garage or the rest of the place with someone trying to store their stuff or have you pay for damages done to their stuff.

Anyway, you should be able to get a current payoff amount and then use an amortization app to determine the effective interest rate.