I have telephone screened a few and weeded out some who have pets and others who are smokers. 

Did she reference your email and your offer in her telephone call to you?

NOTE: PM if you need my telephone number, I will be back in the United State on June 8th at 3PM EST. 

The clerk supplied the telephone number and name of the person to contact.The assistant for the contact person advised that there would be no title issued because the property was in fact scheduled to be sold in the courthouse.

The notice shall be in clear and simple language and shall include a telephone number and a mailing address at which the landlord can be contacted.

Collection activities will be required to be logged, documented, telephone contacts recorded and reporting requirements.

If you are too far away to have driven there, this sounds like a problem which could have been diagnosed and solved on the spot via telephone. 

As a young man, I hired on with SBC (now AT&T) as a high speed internet and telephone technician.

Ed - we put out about 20-25 we buy houses type signs just about every Saturday morning - they get nailed 9-10 feet high up on a telephone pole, so they stay up for awhile - I still occasionally see our signs that we put up 3+ months ago.When we have a house to sell - we will put up another 20-25 signs in the area our house is in.We average about 10 calls a week from sellers on our signs - so 40 calls a month on 100 signs.

.- And here's an excerpt from the actual Washington state law (RCW 46.55.070) that authorizes it (read the bold part in subsection (2) about residential property):RCW 46.55.070Posting requirements—Exception.(1) No person may impound, tow, or otherwise disturb any unauthorized vehicle standing on nonresidential private property or in a public parking facility for less than twenty-four hours unless a sign is posted near each entrance and on the property in a clearly conspicuous and visible location to all who park on such property that clearly indicates:(a) The times a vehicle may be impounded as an unauthorized vehicle; and(b) The name, telephone number, and address of the towing firm where the vehicle may be redeemed.(2) The requirements of subsection (1) of this section do not apply to residential property.