I invest in merchandise I can find locally (camera/filming equipment, IT equipment, inventory liquidations, video games, audio equipment etc.) purchasing from auctions and locals looking to sell and then sell the merchandise on my eBay or Amazon store.

Before this job, I worked in a family owned carpet store.

CCs charge store owners a percentage, and more importantly, they are reversible.

Regular renters insurance will not suffice.

I regularly flip houses, and consider it my business for tax purposes.

I live in Snohomish and have rentals in Marysville so I am driving by you on a regular basis.

What Richard D is telling you is you can buy the house and own it but the person with the life estate has the rights of possession until they die, but you can buy these rights and the remainderman's interest then you will own the whole thing just like a regular deal.

Use Google to search for them by name and by address.If that fails, then I would start looking them up in the county recorder's office (where they store property title information).

If the tenant does not have appliances there's always places long-term rental stores.  

My wife unemployed as she runs the retail store.