Hi Jeremy
I had a very similar question about the rental laws. Thankfully the city of Seattle puts on a landlord class. I actually emailed them about it yesterday. Below is the reply
"Thank you for the email. I’m so glad you reached out for some training! The next landlord class will be in October. Registration will open as soon as we confirm a venue. The training sessions are posted on our Facebook (@SeattleCivilRights) and Twitter (@SEACivil_Rights) pages. Additionally, you can sign up for our mailing lists on the bottom left hand side of our webpage: http://www.seattle.gov/civilrights.
We offer landlord training four times a year.
Best,
Monica"
I can also send you a pamphlet that I got if you send me your email. It has some helpful guidelines. I know it is not perfect but I don't have enough personal experience or knowledge to help much more than this.
I will be attending this in October. Hopefully it will provide some clarity. We just put a project under contract in Seattle and that will be my first one here. If you dont mind I would love to talk to you about how you find people to do your work on the remodels.
Like I said before I dont have a lot of experience but maybe the class will provide some help
Hope this helps
Christian