I am a low hanging fruit guy myself, so installing granite in my average rehab is like owning a lamborgini and parking it at your rented studio apartment.

--A developing arts district is also spurring development with a $7.9 million “live-work” ArtSpace development presently in the planning stage, an artists’ center of studios and galleries located in a 30,000 sq. ft., City- owned building, a new artists supply store, and numerous private studios and galleries nearby.-- The City and surrounding areas have been defined as a metropolitan-dominated region, with Charlotte serving as the central economic engine and employment center.

You can get all your groceries delivered from Amazon Fresh.

You can, however, go on Ebay and find rogue sellers that will discount about 25%, of course without official Tempurpedic 20-year warranty, they're just offering an in-house warranty, only good if they're still around.So I researched further, looked at Amazon, and eventually landed at Costco and Sam's Club sites.

I just looked that up at Amazon.  

What you are seeing in Seattle is a huge demand being driven by an increase in employment (Amazon etc..) and construction not being there yet to keep up (and a little summer mania I think.)Wish I could say that it was a bubble and you should wait it out, but I don't think it is. 

I have a full kitchen in my 2/2 house that includes more items; I have a little less in my studio cabin.  

Tech manufacturing plants (like Intel and Amazon) are building multi-billion dollar factories there. 

I have studios that out perform 5 bedroom houses in the same market because of how strong 1 & 2 factors are.2nd: Timing recession. 

It's 4 miles south of the GM's Warren HQ, as well as a new Amazon Warehouse, a Chrysler plant, and several other factories.