House Hacking Advice

[Andrea Cocolin]

My plan for my first investment property is to house-hack a duplex. However, it will be my boyfriend and I as well as our two dogs who live in the one unit and then we obviously plan on renting out the second unit. 

For those of you that have done this, do you think it will be unfavorable for future tenants that my boyfriend and I have 2 dogs at the property. Is this something we will have to disclose to them? 

Is it unfair to ask for no pets in the other unit? Do you think we'll get a lot of push back once tenants know we have dogs? 

Trying to think this all through so that we don't put ourselves in a situation where no one wants to rent a unit that is attached to another unit with 2 dogs. 

Thanks!