I don't know how cyclical the Richmond market is, but if is a slower to appreciate/depreciate market, there might be a benefit to harvesting the large equity in Seattle at this time. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Harvest.

I like some of markets outside of Huntsville as well (Athens, Harvest, etc.) and think solid returns are easier to find in these markets. 

Instead enlist (the Best and the Brightest--you can find that will work with you) to handle the details, while you oversee the big picture.For instance, lets say you wanted to have an annual harvest day parade through the down town with licenced (paid to the city) vendor booths for food and crafts and etc...That's a lot of loose ends that need to be tied up and overseen, year after year.Instead of doing that yourself, you work at finding enough volunteers where you can pick the best and the brightest to set it up and oversee it--a committee of volunteers.

It goes against the laws of nature or more specifically, the law of the harvest - you reap what you sow. 

This makes the early cashflow payments more valuable than the later appreciation harvesting.

If you're done in July and want to harvest/make wine during July - Dec...

If you produce leads someone will help you run and harvest them for part of the profit.

The biggest issue people have with raising capital is that they're trying to match investors to deals instead of consistently marketing their brand and expertise to build relationships where they can be harvested when a deal arrives. 

How will crops be planted, harvested, transported, processed, packaged, delivered?