First time landlord / house hacker ----- rental listing help

[Alfonso Murguia]

Hello fellow BiggerPockets community, 

We are about to start listing our upstairs ADU on websites like Zillow and the like. We have a rough sketch of what we want to include but I'm afraid we are not being assertive enough or/and not following the HUD and housing authorities guidelines.

Can you take a quick look at my listing for our remodeled 800 sq ft 1br 1 bathroom unit.

Thanks.

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-We are young professionals that like to keep to themselves and enjoy quiet time at home with zero drama habits. Our party and loud music days are over. We like to keep our living space well kept, clean and tidy.

-We like the outdoors, healthy living and occasionally train crossfit. We don't smoke and are not planning to.

-If you think you would like to have us as your neighbour please review the rental qualifications prior to scheduling an appointment to see if your qualifications are a match with our rental requirements.

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WE DO CREDIT AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.

-Monthly rent $xxxx including utilities (PG&E, fast internet)
-The rental application fee is $35.
-Credit Score of 640 or higher
-Monthly gross income 2.5x the rent
-No prior evictions
-No pets.
-No smoking

We look forward to serving you.
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And please tell me a little about yourself by including answers to the questions below. -

1. How many are people moving in?
2.Date of births of people moving in?
3.How many pets do you have?
4.What do you do for employment?
5.When was your last eviction?
After reviewing the above information don't hesitate to contact us.

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Thank you guys!!

[Dan H.]

Originally posted by @Alfonso Murguia:

Hello fellow BiggerPockets community, 

We are about to start listing our upstairs ADU on websites like Zillow and the like. We have a rough sketch of what we want to include but I'm afraid we are not being assertive enough or/and not following the HUD and housing authorities guidelines.

Can you take a quick look at my listing for our remodeled 800 sq ft 1br 1 bathroom unit.

Thanks.

-----------------

-We are young professionals that like to keep to themselves and enjoy quiet time at home with zero drama habits. Our party and loud music days are over. We like to keep our living space well kept, clean and tidy.

-We like the outdoors, healthy living and occasionally train crossfit. We don't smoke and are not planning to.

-If you think you would like to have us as your neighbour please review the rental qualifications prior to scheduling an appointment to see if your qualifications are a match with our rental requirements.

#####################

WE DO CREDIT AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.

-Monthly rent $xxxx including utilities (PG&E, fast internet)
-The rental application fee is $35.
-Credit Score of 640 or higher
-Monthly gross income 2.5x the rent
-No prior evictions
-No pets.
-No smoking

We look forward to serving you.
############################

And please tell me a little about yourself by including answers to the questions below. -

1. How many are people moving in?
2.Date of births of people moving in?
3.How many pets do you have?
4.What do you do for employment?
5.When was your last eviction?
After reviewing the above information don't hesitate to contact us.

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Thank you guys!!

 I’m not a lawyer but I see numerous potential issues:

State rules do not allow discriminating against a renter in their own unit (different for roommate situation) to tenant count BR * 2 + 1.  For this 1 BR, you must allow up to 3 people 2 * 1 BR + 1) and cannot decline a tenant sole because they have 3 people.  To me this implies that you can ask if there are more than 3 people, but not the number of people.  This is because you cannot choose the single  person tenant over the 3 person tenant solely on the number of tenants.  

Age is a protected class I believe nationally.  In addition, if the area in not age restricted the LL cannot prohibit children.   So asking for age potentially opens age discrimination issues.  

A LL can prohibit pets but cannot limit emotional support animals (ESA) Or service dogs. These animals are not considered pets. Therefore, how many pets they have does not indicate they have no animals. HUD does not allow prohibiting ESAs or service animals. Unfortunately, tenants know that they cannot be discriminated for having an ESA and can purchase ESA certificates online. I recommend the use of petscreening.com (no affiliation other than a user).

Good luck