So give me your thoughts on this one. A while back I got an application which looked good. Income wise the tenant was more than qualified but owned their own business. The application was approved by myself and my property manager. That evening just out of curiosity I googled the business (which was legit) which led me to a facebook page and subsequently the prospective tenants page. The tenant had disclosed he owned one mature boxer. We allow pets on approval. The facebook page had multiple pictures of him with two pitbulls. I called my property manager the following AM and told him to tell the prospective tenant he could not rent. While I am a dog lover myself, and totally agree you cannot judge a dog by its breed, liability wise this was a no go for me. I am currently doing a gut renovation on what will be a very nice property for a buy and hold. One of the workers has been asking to rent the place and told me today he would put down the deposit and the first months rent now. Told him he would need to contact my property manager and fill out an app. Said it was just him and a seven pound dog and seemed like he might make a good tenant. Checked facebook and found he neglected to mention the 110lb dog he was pictured with and even had pictures of the dog trying to jump a seven foot fence. Now this is kind of awkward because he's my contractors go to guy and skilled at most everything. We are still a month out and don't want to get less than top notch work when I bring this up. The icing on the cake is I will be out of the country for three of the next 4 weeks of reno. But a 110lb dog in a 1000sq ft house is a no go for me. So how would you all handle this one.

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