The kitchen is what's sold me in my first house and it'd a great lay out in my current house.My next house I'll be a bit more specific - bigger deeper sinks, pasta faucet even if I only use it once a yesr for a big jug of summer iced tea lol and a dishwasher, walk in pantry are on my check list.I feel other amenities like skylights or big windows, cellars for dry storage would be cool too but I'm not really a big baker or canner lol.Now it's got me thinking - imagine a hidden island?

As someone mentioned likely hotel lobby far too strong politically), Palm Springs, La Quinta (not Palm Desert - Marriott too strong & outlawed them / and not Cathedral City - they just put a moratorium on STR permits late July 2019), and Joshua Tree. 

Expected life of the trees remaining and replacement cost.

Or if it blew a tree over on the house/fence/AC unit it adds up pretty quickly.

We have a nice, large lot (7500sf, level, no trees) in a prominent NR3 zoned location in Seattle, currently serving as a grandfathered duplex.

An awesome property for our tree nursery!

I bought 10 acres of vacant land in Joshua Tree CA at the county tax auction. 

Let's get together for some coffee/tea/beer and I can see how I can help with your scenerio or direct you to a local expert that will be of the most help : )

Regardless, it'll be vital to build your core-4 if you plan to invest out of state, I'd recommend reading this article by David Greene: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-tea... 

Tenant agrees to pay all expenses associated with clearing all drains of any and all stoppages except those that the plumber, who is called to clear the stoppage, will attest to in writing were caused by defective plumbing, tree roots, or act of God.