Pet deposit question

[Kyle Evans]

Hey everyone just a quick question for you guys. 

My tenant is going to be renewing their lease here in the next 2 months. They were charged a non-refundable pet deposit at the start of the lease. Now that they're renewing should I charge them the pet fee again or is that only to be done at the beginning of the lease? 

Thank you,

Kyle

[Andrew Syrios]

Just once, so no new pet deposit unless it's a new pet. But I would recommend charging pet rent (something like $25/month) for tenants with pets going forward.