I'm in Fairfax too and work with lots of folks in our region.  

Hello all, new member from the Poconos region of Pennsylvania, in the process of acquiring my first property in the Reading area and looking to invest in the Berks county region in the near future.

The seller has a very unique property and situation.

@Russell Tidaback  There's a great article on the DC area that was published recently by the Center For Regional Analysis (Which is a large university- run research/ analysis group in our area). 

Although you do need cash (for down payments, closing costs, holding costs, etc.) this unique field allows for pretty creative ways to come up with those funds and here you will find plenty of people that are willing and able to help you with that.Another thing to work on is credit.

Next Summit (my ideas because I want it closer to me) Today is 4 Sep 2015Main BP Summit: wherever BP is holding itAll other sub-summits: example – the other 49 states each have a state summit with a live feed to the Main BP Summit for the BP speakers and the guest speakers.Each summit location would have national booths and state/regional booths.

I think I have somewhat of a unique situation that I'm trying to figure out how to work out...

There are a couple flippers in your area that you could also consider connecting with, @Ryland Taniguchi does a good amount of flipping in the Tacoma area as well as working with private money investors, you can also try contacting @Albert Bui if you have questions about conventional financing in the South Sound region.

It looks to me like most of what they bought here is the circa 2000s tract housing that was thrown up (literally) by the national and regional builders, many of whom are no longer on the scene.  

It depends on the physical situation of the utility meters, in addition to what's regionally acceptable rental practice.If the utility meters are separated per unit you have an option as the landlord to require each tenant to subscribe to their own individual utility service(s).