You guys make me feel old fashioned. 

Hi Nick, there are great deals in Western, MA in my opinion.

You can write in what ever carve outs you want, but call me simple and old fashioned, if you tell someone you will buy their property, you should do everything in your power to make sure that happens baring facts discovered during due diligence that materially change the nature of the property. 

Western, NY seems to be booming.

My wife and I are moving to Washington this Spring, likely Olympia or somewhere else in the western half of the state.

It helps me put things into an orderly fashion for him so he gets something comprehensible and can concentrate on doing the taxes instead of trying to figure out what a "shoe box of paperwork and receipts" are all about.

In my market segment, western PA C-class in single-family and apartments, not wearing the "handcuffs" Chris talks about makes a huge difference.

I grew up most of my life in western Washington, and lived in Seattle proper for 15 years...

I have also been going through depression, feeling very lost on what to do next in life so we ended up in western KY where we could be closer to family and afford a house. 

But to share another perspective, I've seen anything 'of significant value' that does actually go to auction in WA - especially with a structure- of any type- go for (honestly) quite close to the mls/fair market price, and some- (when the full range of issues/challenges & unknowns about structure/condition were taken into account)- likely went for more via county auction..This is just my personal observation bookmarking, watching auctions, and doing significant title/etc research with the intent to bid/buy in some cases- across western WA (Specifically the last 3-5 years).