Attention wholesale vets,Is Wholesaling (assigning) real estate legal or illegal in Washington state?

This is not a legal opinion - - but a personal observation.

What legal actions can we pursue?

Instead of, or in conjunction with, other savings vehicles, consider just ONE rental property and all the benefits of the right property will offer over time: Cash Flow, Amortized Equity, Passive Activity Losses that "may" lower your W2 tax bill if you have less than $125k earnings, benefits of inflation in that not only are tenants paying down mortgage debt and rents increase over time, the debt itself becomes devalued, costing less in actual dollar terms.

Learned a lot about foreclosures and legal entities to protect assets.

., debt to income ratio below a certain amount).

I am looking for more info on rules and legality as well, to ensure I am doing things right. 

Federal liens can also jump other 1st liens and become senior liens if they need to in an effort to collect on the debt owed. 

I have nearly 40k in government student loan debt, debt that I would love to get rid of.

I feel like purchasing a duplex, living in one unite, renting the other out, and purchasing a deal where the numbers work correctly to where my living expenses would be paid for by my tenant, would be an excellent way to not only help me achieve my goal of paying off my student loan debt, but also help me get a taste of what land lording is like to see if it is a route I would enjoy taking.