Better to look for it in the local section as it will be easier for you, the Seattle transection, and find out the most suitable person to deal with. For identity abuse, most people do not really care about it, as they might be unaware of the consequences, But it should be taken into count.
Don't know what you mean by Seattle transaction. Its still kind of risky to deal with person directly. Less risky way is to go and buy directly from Binance p2p.
I am surely not trying to disrespect any of your own personal discretion because each of us have to figure out the various kinds of balances that we are going to make, including the various ways in which we either get bitcoin exposure and/or the various ways that we might be able to hold our bitcoin in private ways and even categorize the various kinds of bitcoin stash that we have.
Of course I do have trust and faith in Bitcoin thats why i am accumulating bitcoin (though with slow pace). The time now has come where governments are taking Bitcoin seriously and cracking hard on anyone using it (where its not legal). So its better to take safety measures then to get caught.
There are people I know, they did a small transaction of 10$ for buying Bitcoin. They are noticed by the government agencies.