My father and I are currently looking for our first real estate project in the US.

I did get my real estate in North Carolina during covid but then decided to move and settle in Denver, CO. 

I've spent hours reading books, articles, and listening to podcasts about real-estate investing.

You're in the right place to learn about real estate investing!

Ultimately I support whatever he decides, but we aren’t in the real estate industry most of the time.

I do hope you somehow manage to solve this real estate problems.

I attend Real Estate industry related business meetings monthly at the local Realtor's Association in Colorado Springs and the insurance agents who attend have all attested to drastic premium increases over the last year...  

What I've done for our quest outside the USA is to find the best local real estate agent in the area I'm looking in.

My attorney said that a real signature holds more weight always.  

I'd highly suggest attending as many local real estate networking events as possible in Seattle - find the host, make friends with them, and ask which general contractors they know, or ask who is doing the most deals in the group and ask them.