Is that the same crazy european lady that was feeding pigeons in a UW district years ago!?

Is cash for keys binding?

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer (in any State). I've been a landlord for the past ten years in Washington state, but have never had to go through with an eviction.

If your subtenant is living there, and paying you rent, you have a lease, and the written agreements would reinforce that. That means you would have to follow Washington state law similar to a landlord.

What you are describing is commonly referred to as a "cash-for-keys" agreement. If you Google it, you should find plenty of sample templates online. Honestly, if the price is right, I think this is the right option for you. The promise of a payout gives your subtenant motivation to follow through.

The alternative is to start the eviction process, and if you think your subtenant is trouble now, think how much worse they'll be once you serve them an eviction notice? Especially if the trouble results in your landlord getting involved; if your landlord wants to deal with this more conclusively, they'd have to evict YOU to get rid of the subtenant!

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The unfortunate reality is that the friend is likely a tenant at this point, and the OP thus has similar duties to a landlord.

And yes, it is a scam, and it is unfair. But as landlords, we frequently have to resort to cash-for-keys to get unwanted tenants out. Writing a check to get a tenant out is in most cases both cheaper and safer than waiting out an eviction process while a now aggrieved tenant does everything in their power to punish your home for the next few months.

Just keep her away from side loading washers and dryers, nothing good ever comes from getting stuck in those. /s

Leave No Trace means leaving no trace.

They're honestly wonderful pets. Look into getting or building a loft if you have the yard space and the time.

Glad you shared now I can make my pigeon army 😈

Dinosaurs!

Pigeons are a domesticated species that we abandoned long ago. The birds you see aren't wild, but feral.

Which is to say they aren't protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty act and you can keep them as pets if you catch them when they're young.

Just a fun fact!

My neighbor is a USfW licensed ornithologist. He captures, bands and records birds in his back yard. Some of them from here in WA pop up in Southern Chile and the Pampas/Patagonia region of Argentina. Apparently, there’s a whole network of bird geeks out there that communicate with each other.
Anyway, what we call pigeons are supposedly called “rock doves” which are adapted to living on cliffs and are non-migratory, unlike the European Swallow. That’s why they’re so prevalent in urban environments. They have no sources of coconuts outside of cities.
The More You Know 🌈✨

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Buy a gun.

That's kind of the problem I'm in. She's bipolar, mentally damaged, doesn't understand things like normal peopel do. It's like taking with a toddler, she won't listen, creates her own facts, threatens to call the police when we try to explain things to her. I told her she can't bring men around because of the mental trauma I have of my past and she said I should just try getting over it. She also thinks she cured her diagnosed bipolar disorder.

For me it was a DV case, she was a danger to me and my new wife as well as our pets, by being a danger to us she effectively lost her rights to be anywhere near us… she was order to stay away at least 1000 feet and wasn’t allowed back in the home except to collect her belongings with the police there.

I am renting I did not ask for permission to sublet They were paying 300 in rent a month and we had soem written agreements but no real lease. They have not payed in the last month and a half.

How did gou handle the who Tennant protection part?

It is a tourist town, they've probably seen all different kinds of folks. You're probably more likely get transphobia from other tourists.

Looks like a " peeing" stance/position.

Owners were not great. Fits it’s there.

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It’s always had that, the lights for the water blinked like the water was pouring

Edit - at least the bigger spinning one did

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Because transphobes tend to be conservative. You sure proved it with this comment.