It’s crucial to consult your lender, document everything, and seek advice from a real estate attorney or CPA to align with your long-term goals.Good luck!

Yes, prices are high, but there is good potential for appreciation, and tenants are generally reliable and high quality. 

Should I offer to pay them for their consultation, or are these types of questions common as part of the PM vetting process and is a "courtesy service"?

I could recommend a couple of people to do consulting. 

Consulting with an experienced eviction attorney in Seattle is essential to confirm their status and to ensure you’re following the correct legal process for removing them, if necessary.Disclaimer: I am not an attorney or an eviction specialist, so this is not legal advice.

Since you're investing from a distance, I recommend interviewing multiple agents, lenders, property managers, contractors, and other professionals to build a strong and reliable team.

Always consult with your attorney before you rely on the above information. 

Spend the $25,000 on a deal not a consultant.

It looks to be heavily treed.Have you thought about having a timber consultant tell you if theres any value in having someone come in and cut down the timber? 

My “reasoning” is based on two points1- the current system of property records filing in a million different jurisdictions with expensive title searches necessary for almost every title transfer and mistakes still being made can be made much less expensive, much faster, and much more reliable through migration to some sort of “blockchain” National registry.2- Numerous investments have been divided into, and offered as tranches of the whole.