Now, with that said, you should protect yourself by filing a law suit against the person of interest and have a judgement from the court to back your statements, before posting names, numbers and personal info on line.Even if the person has done such a dastardly job and ripped you off, he/she must be found guilty in either small claims court ($14-$29) filing fee depending what county in WA State, Civil/Superior ($20-$400) filing fee depends what county in WA.

He also indicated that if I got a civil judgement he would just file bankruptcy.

Probably nothing on his credit since its not a judgement yet.

Of course we will not know of my roofing talents until it rains again.

About an hour or so later it begain to rain so he decided it would be best to put off the pour until we had a clear day.

I have been awarded judgements and never seen a dime.

I also ask them to let people know they are moving and that it's a good place to live and that i'm a good landlord.The reality is that i can keep their deposit if they don't fulfill the lease term  The reality is that I can get a judgement against them if they leave early and i'm unable to re-rent - however the reality is that i likely wouldn't be able to collect on the judgement. 

You probably have every right to collect on their mis-judgement, but as others say, you probably won't really get it.

Not to rain on your parade, but here are a couple more things to consider.Cost of living in DC, vs Notre Dame, is a lot more expensive. 

That, with me asking the realtor and contractor and neither one of them thinking it was an issue, I trusted their judgement.