What you own decides how it sells.
A house and a gas station are not the same sale, and pretending otherwise is how sellers get a generic process and a generic price. Pick what you own — the valuation is confidential either way, and there is nothing to sign to get one.
Buyers for property and businesses are matched from a private register, not a listings page.
Every buyer states their class, price band and geography before they are added. When your asset fits, they hear about it the same week — before it is advertised anywhere.
Almost nothing comes to market. That works in your favour.
Fuel, lodging and food-service businesses trade quietly and rarely. There is no MLS for them, so the sale is won by knowing who is already looking — which is what the register is. Nothing is advertised, and nothing carries your address, until you say so.
A real number, and a straight answer on timing.
Houses, apartment buildings, commercial space and land have an actual market, so the questions are simpler: what is it worth, what is worth fixing first, and how long will it take. Washington State, where the licence is.