@Dashiel C Neimark Washington State is tenant friendly in general, but most of the more onerous regulations you hear of (RRIO registration, no criminal background checks involved, first-come-first-served rental applications) are Seattle city regulations.

If you screen properly ...good credit, job, criminal background etc then most of the time you won’t have issues.

It's borderline criminal what the government does to push college and student loans onto young adults when they get out of high school.

That's not a true criminal offense. 

No offence but have you actually worked for or with a PE company?

There are too many innocent deaths from criminals of this nature. 

Past evictions, significant/recent criminal history, etc will be grounds for denial. 

Basically, criminals don't follow laws/rules.

The crime is mostly criminal on criminal.

No criminal records, no late payments on credit check, great rental history etc.