https://www.nationalreview.com/news/seattle-area-landlord-tr...

One news article mentioned he worked in the medical field and when he was approved to move in, his income was $300k+).

The state actually ended up helping cover the lost rent and paid for the tenant’s legal bills for fighting the eviction.

https://www.discovery.org/a/nightmare-tenant-in-bellevue-con...

He said “anecdotally”. In any case, I was wondering that if I know a friend who does this, how could I ever present a verifiable citation for it? You may have to rethink your ask.

I only know of one https://komonews.com/news/local/twitter-shutdown-seattle-off...

There are such people. I have a unit in Seattle that sits empty because I don't want to risk getting stuck with such tenants.

In Seattle, you can't:

1. Evict people from November to April (it's "winter"). 2. Evict people with schoolchildren during the school year. 3. Run background checks on prospective tenants. 4. You _must_ rent to the first qualifying tenant. 5. You must offer 3 months in rent as compensation if you decline to renew the lease. 6. The maximum rent increase is capped.

Oh, and eviction process takes about 1.5 years now because the courts are overloaded and the tenant can use procedural tricks to drag out the process.

If you want names, this case made newspapers: https://wealthandpoverty.center/2025/02/11/the-bellevue-squa...