Second, there is no specific commercial license in WA state, just the brokers license.

Others do not. general rule of thumb is that if you don't live there you need a licensed professional at least in my state.

This property manager could not produce a 7 Day Notice after 3 weeks of repeated requests, a worker putting in a smoke alarm saw a sewage backup and didn't even tell me or his boss, checking info for a owner payout was not entered properly and resulted in a week delay, a renter was told of a payment plan for hardship but receved a contact info update in the mail... and lastly I had to email questions each day which never got answers.

What does everyone make of this new Baltimore City Rental licensing requirement? 

Because with that you would have to pay someone licensed to make sure everything is good to go.

Be careful though because some cities and/or counties don't allow short term rentals or they might but you have to obtain a permit or business license (can be expensive) and people that are doing airbnb in those places and disregard the law or ordinances can be fined.

the filing to get the two or three permits, like motel permit and short rate stay permits is not the issue, they want us not to take any renters until this is obtained that is the killer here. we have retained an attorney and are hoping they understand that this is a busienss and will suffer hardship if we stop the renting till permits and licenses are issued'

@Ryan Case I'm a licensed contractor and would be interested in learning more about your project. 

None of our licensing training covers how rental income works in the mortgage math, and you can go a successful 20 year career without ever learning it.Go to your local REIA, ask who is doing loans for those folks.

Time to get advice from a local licensed real estate attorney.