“I was laid off from my tech job back in March. I worked for a friend doing some house painting in the interim while I looked for another job. We got to talking about how crazy the Seattle housing market is, and one thing lead to another. We partnered up, set up an LLC, emptied our bank accounts, I maxed my credit cards, got a loan from my parents and we bought this house at auction sight unseen (don’t buy something sight unseen, as if that isn’t already obvious). We knew we were in for it when this is what we pulled up to.”