Removal of the body is the tenant's responsibility."

All sources of income must be included as a part of the tenant’s total income except in situations where the rental housing unit is subject to income and/or rent restrictions in a housing regulatory agreement or subsidy agreement and income is determined pursuant to the agreement.So 3x the rent as a screening tool per the prior poster from Portland is not applicable in Seattle.

I'm Asperger's - no one knows that better than someone like me who isn't "wired" to read body language, voice inflection, etc.You might want the rule to be that "one service animal" means one service animal.

Also each state has it own laws pertains to alcohol intake, consider your state laws, person size and body weight.. hope that helps, just an opinion.

My response was to listen carefully to her objection, show empathy with my face and body language and to stay quiet.

You are probably getting a good deal because no body wants to deal with it but it does not mean it isn't worth it.

Aly NA I think for some reason applicants believe that landlords are desperate to rent their property and will take any warm body with cash.  

By acting only as a middleman they have been able to avoid millions and possibly billions of dollars of regulatory red tape.

But, I believe you really need to talk to them in person, see their body language, do they smell like smoke, do they bring weird people with them to view the apartment, etc. 

Typically the threat of filing a complaint with the regulatory agency will make them realize their mistake.