Maybe even block your driveway with orange cones... buyer's agents showing the house may otherwise pull into your driveway, implying to a reasonable client that access to that driveway comes with the home - this sort of "implication" to a "reasonable person" is where otherwise reasonable people can get into disagreements! 

Any reason why @Peter MacKercher?

Third I moderately leverage investment real estate so I am reasonably protected from a down turn (they do happen quite often).  

@Josh GoldI’d be interested as well, I’m from newberg but have made the trip to Portland several times for several reasons.

This is a key strategy to growing your portfolio at a reasonably fast pace.

And we always make sure that guests provide some background info on themselves, their fellow guests and their reason for visiting; if they don't provide this info when booking, we prompt them for it.

I'm looking for something reasonably priced in a good neighborhood that I will be able to get rented quick, and I was wondering if any of you guys had some suggested areas to invest in.

There is nothing you can put in your spreadsheet to account for that in any reasonably accurate way.There's a reason the locals aren't all over this deal, unless you are unusually lucky.

@Jonathan Rosado, as for "the property will go under one of our names not both", conventional wisdom suggests that it should be in the name of the person who earns the most, for tax deductibility reasons.

He asked for 4% commission but charged us over 6% for no reason among other things.