All Forum Posts by: Krystallin Baker

So, I'm currently working on an article that discusses tenant screening, the importance of it, and what real life landlords have learned about tenant screening. 

If you have ever chosen a renter without tenant screening and have a horror story to share, I would love to quote you in the piece. Feel free to either share in the comments below or message me directly if you'd rather. 

Thanks all :)

Wow! It is shocking what people will do. Hope those dogs go on to a MUCH better life. Good lessons learned but geeze, how sad.

@Jake Valkusky Glad to help! 

@Jake Valkusky No, a landlord cannot charge a pet fee for tenants that have a service or emotional support animal. If you want to learn more about the myriad of regulations, you can check out this HUD resource on assistance animals and housing: https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/SERVANIMALS_NT...

I also wrote a blog on BiggerPockets talking about this topic because it is so often discussed and is confusing for both tenants and landlords alike:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/9723/64691-can...

Best of luck to you!!! 

The short answer, no you cannot turn away a service animal based on breed.

For the long answer, I actually have a BP blog on this topic:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/9723/64691-can...

That goes into full detail about the laws surrounding it all. If you jump to the section Breed Restrictions Do NOT Apply you can see more details about the laws.

@Johann Jells  Great question! I personally use a lot of the free tools my company offers. However, I cannot in any way mention the company I work for on here and wish to abide by the rules of BiggerPockets. I'm passionate about sharing free tools but want to respect the forum policies. I still wanted to help out, so I reached out to her personally instead so as to avoid any rule violations. Hope that makes sense! :) 

@Carolina Cruz I sent you a Direct Message with some ideas!

How many places do you have this listed other than Zillow?

Hey @Jo Rut Can I see your ad? I'd love to take a look at it for you and offer up some advice. I'll also Private Message you if you wanna chat in there about how to improve it! :) 

@Josh See Good to see another Fort Collins/NoCo face on here! :) Welcome welcome!