The program is holding no accountability over this.I really tried to embrace the experience and immerse myself in the program.

To be successful your wife must embrace the challenge and become enthusiastic about the prospect of being in business regardless of the risk.  

Where the tourism economy has been established for decades.  

If you find a STR deal, in Seattle or otherwise, you should pounce on it IF you have a solid contingency plan for what to do if tourism is frozen for 6 months... a year... or even a few years.

Not saying everybody should do it, but it's just an example of what's possible.Another option is to really educate yourself and embrace creative financing.

Did you know that the murder rate in Cancun is lower than that in NYC or LA and that the murder rate for visitors is extremely low (hence the tourism has been growing by leaps and bounds over there).