If you don't get this tenant happy fast they will:-Get a shark attorney that will sue you for your lease and living conditions not fitting in the rules of the CRLTO.

I have a single family house where there is a 3 bedroom apartment on the first floor and a 2 bedroom apartment in the basement. I don’t want any of the utilities to be included, I’d like tenants to pay for the utiliti...

It uses a tank and heat from the unit to heat the water.

And in the situation as described, the judge or jury always sees the homeowner as a victim, and the real estate operator as the shark wanting to make money at the expense of the homeowner. 

I did some searching on valuations on Prop. shark and other sites, but nothing gave me a good price comparison.  

They will have to pull out 4 million septic tanks because they will flat to the surface like bobbers if flooded and pollute the area.

Lots of sharks in the water at the Turnkey or Out of State Investor focused companies that love working with newbies that don't know any better.As for Seattle, HouseHacking is an amazing strategy, as is ADU / DADU and townhouse development.

So after doing the math and realizing how many hours, tanks of gas, people not showing up or thinking they are the only client you have and that your on their time and not yours was how do you say shocking was or is an understatement.

Rarely does a tenant's repair list contain anything major that we missed in our own inspection, but it has happened for us on two occasions ... the most significant was a long-term tenant who told us things were much better since the owner upgraded the old oil boiler to a new natural gas one {we knew the boiler had been upgraded}, but then went on to muse that she never understood "why they didn't dig-up the old tanks like was done at the building next door."

Tell that to my neighbor, who's son was a contractor and killed himself in 2010 after his thriving business tanked and the creditors came demanding their money.