I would look heavily into the King County/Seattle tenant laws...

Spring is the time of year where the highest volume of properties go under contract... if it were me I'd factor that heavily into my decision

@David Friedman there are generally a few brokerages in each market that heavily deal in the restaurant space, it would likely be good to get on their radar, and to @Evan Polaski 's point, having your data/features on hand to "pitch" the site is likely a good call.Other items to note would be just to understand if the current configurations of the retail spaces could be reconfigured for a restaurant, things like grease traps, larger water lines, patio requirements may all be things they are looking for.  

Unfortunately, I can't recommend it to anyone.Longer review:Stessa is heavily advertised here on BP.

The number of months depends upon how well (or bad) the management company is running.Type of business for this offer Mom / Pop shopBusiness owner is heavily involvedBusiness is running with a skeleton crewThere is no marketing or sales divisionSystems are not well documented or non-existantNot a lot of add ons (programs / fees)Typically have another career as a real estate agentTypically less than 100 propertiesModel 2 - Revenue (1 - 1.5x)Offer is made based on yearly revenue.

It's always hard to cash flow retail deals which is why most investors market heavily to locate motivated sellers.

Born and raise in Middlesex county and all we have here is single family, townhomes or apartments which are heavily on the rise right now.

The Christmas party basically turns into an Irish Pub and people drink heavily. 

They will be your eyes and ears for your STR and you will depend on them heavily if you are to do STR's remotely. 

Plenty of tech companies are heavily investing in the area and we already have large established universities and medical facilities