Mastif dog at rental?

[Monica Evans]

Hi everyone,

We have a family interested in our rental property who has a mastif and they’ve asked if we’re open to them having it. The listing says no pets but they have asked anyway. Our insurance company said mastifs are on their restricted breed list so technically can’t cover it however explained that since the tenant would be occupying the property after their inspection, technically we could start our policy and then have them move in and it would be fine. However if they were already there during inspection it wouldn’t work. (Not sure I understand this but that’s what they said). The mastif is 8 yrs old, already gray in the face and basically just lays around all day.

Overall otherwise great candidates with income (3x rent), credit scores (over 600) and past rental history (8 years at last place).

3 questions:

1) would you rent to them and allow the dog?

2) how much would you charge for a pet fee and pet rent?

3) am I allowed to ask her whether the dog is insured at her current rental or is that violating any rule/privacy law etc?

Thanks!

Monica