Ten honest checkpoints for Puget Sound rental owners. Each one ends with a question you answer with your own numbers, so the decision is yours, made with clear eyes. Sometimes the right answer is keep the house.
One evening per property. Ten checkpoints, your own numbers, and a one-page scorecard at the end.
Rents rose some, values rose a lot, and most owners have never rerun the math. This checkup walks you through it, one honest question at a time.
The one number most owners never compute.
Vacancy, maintenance reserve, management, capital expenses.
Days on market, supply, and price direction where you own.
Deferred maintenance compounds; dated units rent and sell at discounts.
Month-to-month versus term, and why options now take lead time.
Two expense lines set by other people, outpacing many rents.
One building, one ZIP, one tenant profile.
When deferral fits, and when it does not.
How your equity's earnings stack up against a boring alternative.
An owner-stage decision, not a market-timing decision.
Market figures in the checkup describe past King and Pierce County sales: estimates from past local sales, not an appraisal or a guarantee of any result for any property. Data from Redfin. The checkup is general information, not legal, tax, or investment advice.
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