Rent, Again

I just received a 3 day eviction threat from my apartment.  For not paying enough rent, apparently.  I pay via direct deposit.  I thought I was learning from past mistakes when I deliberately chose an apartment based on their acceptance of direct deposit as a payment method.

I realize, since this is the second apartment complex that it has happened at, that the common element is me, but I find it very frustrating that automatic rent payments are not a solved problem.  Also, I am getting a little scared of renting in washington state.  There was no previous notice about the eviction threat.  Nothing on my door, phone, email.  If I had been on a trip, or simply hadn't checked my mailbox for a day or two, I could have been in default of my rent, gotten evicted, and had all of my personal belongings seized without even knowing about it.



For my own records, in case it came to that:

1.  found eviction thread in my mailbox on 2013-5-22.
1a.  it was dated 2013-5-20
1b. claimed that a notice was posted on my door on 2013-5-21 but I never saw a notice there

...and thats it.

Ok, actually the picture doesn't look to bad if my landlord follows the law.