All Forum Posts by: Greg R.

And this isn't about the dog... I am a disabled combat veteran, and understand that some people need a service dog/ emotional support dog. The fact is that the tenants deliberately set out on a campaign to lie to, and deceive me and my wife. I am not going to go into all the details, but there was also some  significant deceit in terms of one of the tenants employment status. He failed to disclose to us that his employment contract expired the day the lease began. So now he is unemployed. I don't think he won't be able to pay the rent, but that's beside the point. He clearly didn't want to disclose that to us, he wanted us to think that he was actively employed, and would be for the foreseeable future. 

So in general, these people are lying deceivers, and that is my problem with them. I can't trust them, and those are not the type of people I want as tenants. 

 I talked to three attorneys already, and I haven't got any clear answers yet. A lot of grey areas, "a judge might rule this way, or might rule that way", "depends on the judge". But I'm with you, I think that lying on a application should be grounds for eviction. 

How is this any different from lying during a job interview. You tell the interviewer everything that they want to hear, then you show up on your first day of work and it's clear that everything you said in the interview was a lie. You then tell the interviewer "I thought if I told you the truth, you wouldn't hire me, so I felt that I had to lie to get the job". Would the employer be legally bound to keeping the person as an employee?

 I don't need to provide a reason. I am the home owner, and it is my choice whether I allow pets or not. 

Let me ask you Carlos, do you sympathize with tenants who lied in their rental application, and deceitfully tricked their way into renting my home?

My decision to not allow pets does not effect anyone's love for their animal, nor does it prevent anyone from providing a "good home" for their pet. There are plenty of pet friendly homes available. Lying and deceit are not justified by someone's love for an animal. 

 They already have one. 

It's give and take. A 12m lease is great for the tenant, a M2M lease, great for the landlord. Most tenants would not want a M2M lease, really no security for them. No guarantee that they wouldn't spend a boat load of $ moving all their stuff in the property, just to be given a 30-day notice a couple months down the road. I hear what you're saying though.

Hello,

I am in CA, so any California advice would be helpful. Long story short... We have tenants that signed a lease and moved in yesterday. They hid their dog when we first handed over the keys, but I had to go back to the house later in the day to replace a faucet. As soon as I get there, I see about a 100lb dog standing in front of me. Tenant goes on to say that it is a service dog, so I legally have to let the dog stay, and that they decided to lie to us about said dog because they didn't want that to effect their tenancy. Also, this isn't a service dog, it is an "emotional support animal". 

My lease agreement explicitly states no pets. 

They blatantly lied about having the dog, and even admit that. 

Do I have any options??? 

@Carson Gill Hello Carson, that's not an option for me. Not interested in moving my family into a unit within a 4-plex. I would however be willing to "occupy" one of the units, and leave it vacant for the year or year and a half, or whatever is required of FHA, or other OO programs. However, my loan officer tells me that an underwriter wouldn't approve that scenario. Apparently they look closely at someone moving from a 2k sqft house, and won't believe that they would want to go from that in to a 700 sqft unit in a 4-plex.

@Bryan Hancock I intend to hold on indefinitely. Thx. 

@Sarah D. Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely look in to it. Nice to find another SD investor. Best wishes to you on your next purchase. Good luck beating out all the cash investors here in SD. 

@Sarah D.