If so, you can choose whichever way you want to go with this, but remember that your tenant will decide what kind of landlord they have when you do it.

Even if it's actually true, why should I care when my mortgage company, cell phone provider, etc doesn't care if I lost my wallet.

Only issue I'm looking into is max number of unrelated individuals in Renton, haven't found code for it yet, but most cities seem to allow only a max of 4 unrelated individuals to a house.Cool thing with this method is I'm still close to Seattle, and have all my living expenses other than food and cell phone paid for via the rents. :-)

Sure, there may be some who have to fight with the credit bureaus to fix errors, but I doubt that a credit report that you would deny a tenant based on, would be that big a mystery.For instance, judgments for cell phone and cable bills, or one for a previous landlord.  

Most apartment buildings have phone numbers on the internet, so I call those numbers to verify, not the cell phone number a tenant gives me.

Remember, whichever new tenant you put in will be locked in under rent control as well at the new rate, so in 5-10 years that rate will be relatively low as well.

By that time I retire, I need to either pay off my primary home or rentals whichever is tax efficient at that time. 

Whats nice is that there are NO balconies so people arent outside on the balcony talking loudly on their cell phones.

I ended my contract with AT&T cell phone and internet and uverse.

He and I get to talking and we end up exchanging cell phone numbers.