AFH Club Questions & Answers
Short answers for people who open, buy, sell, run or finance an adult family home in Washington, grouped by AFH Club's paths. Every answer comes from an AFH Club guide and links to it, with its sources.
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Opening a New Adult Family Home65 questionsLicensing steps, qualifications, training, building requirements and WABO, startup costs and fees, and the rules that changed.Buying an Adult Family Home46 questionsChange of ownership, what to verify, reading listings, DSHS records, buying as an individual or an LLC, and the Property Score.Selling Your Adult Family Home28 questionsSelling at retirement, the business or the building, what buyers need, resident notice, and valuation.Running a Licensed Adult Family Home88 questionsInspections and compliance, how Medicaid pays (CARE, CBHS, ECS, SBS), staffing, records, and management companies.Evaluating an AFH Property or Investment36 questionsFinancing (residential, SBA, DSCR, commercial), how lenders count income, coverage ratios, and what the calculators show.
These are short answers to help you get oriented. Each one comes from an AFH Club guide; follow the link for the full explanation and its sources. DSHS rules and rates change: confirm current requirements with DSHS. This is general information, not legal, tax, lending or licensing advice.