Violations; penalties.Any person violating any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or by a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.

Wished I had stacks of cash as there are many punished stocks only due to Coronavirus!

I'd be interested in any comments about anything I may have misundersood:RCW 61.34 in plain language, by a non-expert non-lawyerFirst, regarding the risk of felony:Although 61.34 places more requirements on the investor than you can shake a stick at, only a couple of them are punishable by a felony conviction.

If you cant find a tenant you should not be punished for it.

If the landlord has suitable grounds for eviction, he or she can proceed directly to court by filing and serving a Summons and Complaint in Unlawful Detainer or a Petition for a summary eviction."

In VA if she owes you money you give her a 5 Day Pay or Quit letter and on the 6th day you can file an unlawful detainer.  

Day 12, summons for Unlawful Detainer is filed at the clerks office.

I really wish that wasn't the case as I've bought data from all of them and had to deal with those problems.SB133 was passed in 2008 and made it unlawful for title companies to give any consideration (including foreclosure data) in exchange for the referral of title business.

I think the government should go after the offending landlords and not make blanket rulings and processes that punish landlords that are already being good to their tenants.

In my state there is quite a bit of prep and sign off you need to screen tenants, especially if you want to pass through the screening cost.Also I would go manually search for unlawful detainer / eviction proceedings on their name on your local case databases.