All Forum Posts by: Mike Biewer

In our single family homes we allow small dogs. In our multi-family properties we do not allow pets at all. Cats have a great habit of spraying and pissing all over things and getting that smell out of drywall, flooring, carpet padding, etc is a nightmare. We used to allow dogs in all of our properties, but we got tired of fielding complaints from tenants about their neighbors dogs barking, etc, so we just made a blanket policy of not pets in multi-families. We know that this limits the renter pool quite a bit at times, but I'd rather limit the pool than deal with angry tenants because people aren't home and their dogs won't stop barking. 

In the single family space, we do charge a monthly fee and an additional deposit to cover potential damage that dogs, even small ones, can cause.