We don't give references of clients phone numbers, we respect everyone's privacy because people have been abused.

Shame on them for abusing the system and getting away with not paying rent.

There's a bus stop on the block so if I lose my job/car I can still have affordable transportation and down the street new townhomes are being built starting price of $750k (2 blocks away there are condos being built starting to sell at $850k).

If you convert the garage to an ADU you do not have to replace the parking if you are within 1/2 mile of a bus/transit stop.Here is a good summary of the changes.  

We don't try to make it harder to communicate for everyone just because a minority may abuse.

(Sarcasm)I'm a single mom unexpectedly and was in a similar situation living in a transitional program while pregnant due to being left with nothing after escaping abuse.

Most tenants with felony convictions decide to keep their application fee and use it somewhere else that may not be running criminal checks.I feel that we have done our due diligence to provide our tenants safe housing and that part of this due diligence is the criminal check of all adult tenants.What happens in Seattle when a convicted child molester is rented a unit because criminal checks are forbidden ends up abusing the kids in the complex. 

And I'm fine with talking about the worst-case, bottom-of-the-barrel slumlords who abuse the system and their tenants.But if we're only talking about the extremes, where was the equal time spent talking about the tenants who move in and proceed to destroy the property.

I want to be free to know that in 20-30 years when my body cant take the abuse of my everyday job I know I have some that will take the place of a job.

Lol.. thanks againlets look at this logically.. your a new or beginning landlord your going to be in this business ( it is a business its not passive) long term so you invest 100k into a property.. you have put up your cash you have signed on a loan .and now instead of paying a few hundred a year to make sure your tenant is not abusing your house.. you do nothing and then hope for the best.. but if you pay 200 to 300 a year for inspections etc.. that goofs up your return its just went from 8% to 7% and of course if you thought you were only going to get 7% you would not take on real estate rentals and the risk associated to your capital and credit.. now again this makes the assumption of life long renters in rental dominated areas and basically C class tenants.. you move up in the asset class's or your tenants are in a part of the world were they are kinder on homes and they are not lifers.. thing get less risky.