A Google engineer turned an overlooked $1.2M waterfront listing into $402,000 in impact
An anonymized Lake Sutherland acquisition built around overlooked STR demand, DSCR financing, property-management setup, and CPA-reviewed tax planning.
$402K
Combined deal impact
$28K
Peak STR revenue month
~60 days
Time on market before purchase
Documented acquisition
Lake Sutherland waterfront short-term rental
The $1.2M waterfront listing had been sitting on the MLS for roughly 60 days with little buyer action. The client wanted an income-producing Washington asset and a financing path that did not rely solely on W2 qualification.
Client type: Anonymized software engineer at Google, Seattle
What Aditya did
- 01Underwrote the short-term-rental opportunity behind a listing most buyers had passed over.
- 02Structured the acquisition with DSCR financing, using the property's cash-flow profile in the qualification process.
- 03Sourced property management and coordinated the operating setup from acquisition through launch.
- 04Organized the property and transaction information for the client's CPA to evaluate depreciation and final tax treatment.
- Combined tax and operating impact
- $402,000
- STR revenue in August 2025
- $28,000
- Purchase price
- $1.2M
- Financing structure
- DSCR
Figures reflect client-reported and deal-file outcomes supplied for this anonymized case study. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Aditya provides real estate brokerage services, not tax, legal, or accounting advice. Eligibility, depreciation, material participation, and final tax treatment require review by the client's CPA and other advisors.
The property behind the operating plan
Waterfront access was part of the demand thesis
The acquisition paired direct Lake Sutherland access with a layout designed for group stays. The operating plan still had to work after financing, management, and maintenance costs.
Guest experience had to support the underwriting
The interior connects the living space to the lake view. That physical experience supported the revenue thesis, but it did not replace expense and operating diligence.
Why the deal worked
The edge was not a secret listing. It was seeing operating potential where the market saw distance from Seattle. Waterfront demand, an underserved STR market, and a financing structure tied to property cash flow created a different answer than a standard second-home analysis. Buyers evaluating the same geography can start with the Lake Sutherland waterfront property search guide and the broader Port Angeles investment-property search plan.
What $402,000 means here
The headline figure reflects the combined tax and operating value created through the strategy as documented in the client case-study source. It is not a guaranteed return, an appraisal, or a promise that another property will perform the same way.
Referral fit
This case is most relevant for high-W2 buyers who have deployable liquidity, want a Washington investment property, and need coordinated acquisition, lender, property-management, and CPA work rather than a simple home search.
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