All Forum Posts by: Mila F.

@Janice R. - thank you, this is helpful. I will look into that. 

 Thanks, Scott, there is nothing there about what I'm looking for. I'm trying to understand if it's legal/ not legal to require for all dogs/cats to be fixed, including ESAs.

I have a young couple with a retriever puppy bombarding me with inquiries. I told them puppies and unfixed dogs would be a no-go for us. They said they don't plan on fixing the dog because they want to breed him (!!). Now they are saying they just registered the dog as ESA.  Obviously, ESA letter (if legitimate) gets them around the dog age, but what about spaying/neutering?  Is this legal of me to still require the ESA dog to be fixed?

In GA, it's on the owner of the property where the tree had landed, and it is not a responsibility of the tree owner, unless there is a documented case of negligence.   

We just dealt with this over the last Christmas, when we had strong winds and deep freeze. A neighbor next to one of our rentals sent me a text saying "No thank you, we already have a Christmas tree!" . He attached a photo of our pine tree resting on top of his newish truck. By law, taking care of all of the damage, including the tree removal/cleanup, would be on him. Being a great neighbor he is, he didn't ask for anything. Regardless, we had our tree crew there within an hour and had everything cleaned up at our expense. We also wanted to cover his auto insurance deductible, but he wouldn't accept it. Bottom line - there is law, but it also makes sense to have happy neighbors, especially with rentals. 

@Colleen F. @Bjorn Ahlblad and @Nathan Gesner - thank you all for chiming in, seems like there is a consensus that it's none of my business. This definitely makes things easier for me. As I mentioned, I haven't seen this before and wanted to make sure there is not a requirement for a landlord in this situation to check if the kid is not being trafficked or was brought here for another malicious reason than what the applicant told me. But it sounds like it's not a landlord's responsibility and checking on the status could even backfire. Got it. Thanks!  

I never came across this. I have a qualified applicant for one of my properties who wants to move in with his minor (17-yr old) "stepson". The boy is from Latin America on a tourist visa here. I'm told the boy is the applicant's fiancee's son, so, at this point, they are not related. The fiancee is still in Latin America, dealing with documents so she can get here and marry the guy. They expect the process to take about a year. The applicant said because they are planning to file a fiancee visa for her, he (the applicant) can be the boy's legal guardian for the time being . I have no clue if this is how things work, I just wonder, as prospective Landlord, am I required to check if this is a legitimate guardianship and not something fishy to be happening at my property? Should I be requesting proof of guardianship, the boy's visa info, anything else? Or none of my business?
Other than this I don't see any red flags with the applicant.

Sorry you have to deal with this. Following.

I wouldn't reimburse them either. And I would try to avoid renting to lawyers. Too many stories of them being difficult tenants.

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Personally I don't see how this makes sense. Unless I'm missing something, it seems like a punishment for being financially responsible.