Accept Dogs in a newly renovated apartment?

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Kim Meredith Hampton · Answer

@Benjamin E. I do accept dogs in most of my rentals, simply because 67% of my audience has pets.

We now take photos, pet fee and pet deposit, pet addendum with all the rules etc...and are recently talking about monthly pet rent.

Important to do a pre-move in video and or pictures to notate condition of the property inside and out. More often than not, we don't have any issues

Account Closed · Answer

Dogs are fine. It's kids that have created the most havoc in my experience. But, as the case with anything in life, it depends on the players playing the game.

Holly Emmett Correira · Answer

Check with your insurance company as well. Mine has a list of dogs that are not allowed and requires the tenant take a separate policy as well. This doesn't cover your apartment but it does help with your liability, which would cost a lot more than the renovations should something happen.

Andrew Johnson · Answer

@Benjamin E. I think you're able to stipulate in your lease only dogs under ___ pounds. In essence, a size limit. Small dogs will still do damage but maybe not as much damage. That said, not to be crass, but pee smell is still pee smell no matter the size of the canine. So much of the "should I accept" comes with the local market. If you're getting 100 inquires and 80 of them involve pets you still have a market of 20 people that don't have pets you can screen. If you have 10 inquires and 9 involve pets, you basically just have one viable non-pet applicant that may or may not pass screening.

Jeff Burdick · Answer

What I like about allowing pets is that pet owners have limited options on places they can go. So when their lease is approaching expiration, they're less likely to look elsewhere. I think it decreases turnover.

I agree about the damage though. I'd definitely have a pet fee.

Benjamin E. · Answer

Found a great couple, no pets. It's a win!

John Weidner · Answer

I say No Dogs. Especially in a newly renovated unit on the N side

Benjamin E. · Answer

Great feedback, all - thanks! I am going to state that dogs under 20 lbs are negotiable, but with stipulations. If I get a bad feeling then I am going to hold off. I listed two days ago and decided to price it at $50 under the competition to get a large pool of candidates. Currently have five showings set for this weekend two without pets, and one set for out of towners with a cat a week from now. With the competitive pricing I am interested to see how many showings I get.

Accept Dogs in a newly renovated apartment?

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