Since you’re budgeting under $200K in Seattle, you’ll likely find most opportunities needing at least cosmetic work rather than turnkey.

In particular, I'd like to know which has performed better for you personally in terms of annual cashflow, and which you would recommend to a beginning investor?

Listen conversations and ask simple questions like, "what do you like and dislike about your neighborhood".  

That would include couches and the like.

I’d recommend using a combination of Asana and QuickBooks.Asana (or a similar project/task manager) is great for keeping track of to-dos, setting reminders for things like utility account setups, tracking who you spoke with, and following up on tasks.

I do need to spend more time on specifics like you stated above.

Sounds like you’ve already been through a full real estate bootcamp by accident — that’s one way to learn fast.

Do your homework - but I do like the area.

Show the hero photo for each listing to the group and ask them which one they are most likely to click on and which is least likely.

A lot of times its real estate agents or investor/agent hybrids that build youtube channels for their local market and CRUSH it. like multiple deals a month.