Having said that, you seem to feel badly for Seattle tenants, or want to punish the "big dog" landlords, or whatever. 

Since wholesalers didn’t have licenses, this punishment was obviously ineffective.  

It's interesting how the Attorney General made the determination that their use of Subject To financing was punishable under the Unfair Business Practices-- Consumer Protection Act.

Demand:#1 - Why punish people who have finally made it to the upper middle class?

The inexperienced "investors", chasing the dreams of overleveraged, no down, Subject To's as a short cut to riches should be concerned about what they don't know Looks like UPL (unauthorized practice of law) for FL"violations are punishable by up to five years in state prison and a $5,000 fine"   To quote Gorden Gekko, “You’re walking around blind without a cane, pal.

Real estate can be punishing for people without a solid financial house in order first.

In a mortage there is also wire fraud and fraudulent schemes with other punishments. 

Bad look on AirBnB as a company and platform to punish family members of those whom they disagree with.

Why you would punish them for that I don’t know,but people are strange. 

Is it is like thousands of dollars penalty or some other punishment they give?