I am hoping that some of the Bigger Pocket members in Washington State could recommend some REIs or meet up groups that are located in Eastern Washington. 

I have a long history in the multi-family industry so I am very familiar new builds and renovations.

Just starting my own business as INVESTOR .Previous work for my uncle five years ago as project manager helping him out, geting paid a little Having problems getting loans because no tax returns for my business any ad...

You want to offer a year long lease to someone who obviously has a history of not paying their bills.

WSJ article on deed fraud aka as stealing your house with the aid of online property records.Given our government's horrific record on protecting online records (every government worker or former government with a security clearance had their fingerprints their personal history and a large part of their financial history stolen by the Chinese government, one of the worst screw-ups in American history) this can become a major issue especially for landlords who very rarely or never visit their properties.  

This has Equifax, Transunion, Experian on it.Each will have a credit score.If your wife's credit is new credit sometimes it drops down a lot in the first few months and after months of positive history goes up higher than it was before.Also for instance if you have a credit card of 1,000 limit and are using more than 33% of it  ( 330 dollars ) then it can impact your score heavily in a negative way.

Also, it's my first year doing seasonal work (although it's related to my previous work) so I don't have 2 years of history to prove that the unemployment's normal and that I'll be working again in the spring.

Many of history's "geniuses" - both evil and benevolent - were very much like us. 

I found Bigger Pockets when I was searching for a new RE podcast and the rest is history...My goal is to continue to build my real estate business, and partnering with great people! 

After I launched a year-long tongue-in-cheek campaign to be the first three-peater in BP history, @Brandon Turner couldn't settle the battle and thus the three of us get to share the honor.