Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Washington

Re: Selling a rental property

State law requires that your landlord give you 24 hour's written notice of his/her intent to enter the property for the purposes of showing it to prospective buyers.

So long as he's complied with that requirement, he's OK. However, that said, I have kids too and if strangers showed up when I wasn't home I would be telling my kids to call the police.

So the thing to do is to write him a letter that says: You are entitled to enter on 24 hours notice and I appreciate that you want to sell the place. However, I am not comfortable with adults being in my home when my children are here and I am not. I would appreciate it if you could schedule viewings of the property at times that I will be home or alternatively when my children are not here alone. I appreciate your cooperation, signed, you the tenant.

Hope this helps. Powell