Ben,When it comes to finding a tax expert specializing in real estate physical location of such expert is not that important.

We only spent one day physically seeing properties. 9 months before that, we bought out primary home - also the first house we “saw”.

Finding distressed properties is a great starting point (driving for dollars). 2) Drive for dollars aka looking for physically distressed properties and then skip tracing those owners.

The fact or suspicion that the property, or any neighboring property, is or was the site of a murder, suicide or other death, rape or other sex crime, assault or other violent crime, robbery or burglary, illegal drug activity, gang-related activity, political or religious activity, or other act, occurrence, or use not adversely affecting the physical condition of or title to the property is not a material fact.You can read the entire statute here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?

So take some time to physically verify your impressions.

While the technology is getting a LOT better, it still has a long ways to go, and there are constraints to size and efficiencies dictated by physics. 

And, as my colleagues already mentioned, many of us work remotely and nationwide, regardless of our physical location.

I physically went to L&I a few times in the beginning of this year (gross place....i had to practice some deep yoga breathing techniques not to lose my cool with the people who work there) to clear up some issues which had delayed the permit application. 

BPT (which is now BIRT and NPT) has more to do with where you are conducting your business and not the physical address of your business.

Remember that even in the the best case scenario, the dog doesn't physically damage the unit, there is still more cleaning effort on your part before renting the unit to a new tenant.