This is germane because many municipalities have occupancy limits and the landlord needs to know so that that he/she (and by proxy, the tenant) is in compliance with code enforcement.You can also remind the applicant that all occupants aged 18+ must fill out an application and undergo background checks.Between these two bits of information, you can get a good idea of the family composition. 

@Sean AutryI've also seen a 120 lb German Shepherd mix do irreparable damage to 3/4 in. oak hardwood, too, but for my money, if you allow pets in your rentals, as we do, nothing beats semigloss oil-polyurethaned solid oak and ceramic tile for longevity, absolutely nothing by a long shot.I realize this is zero consolation for you at the moment, but I thought I'd contribute it here for others thinking about have pets in rentals.

Recently, I approved a young woman who moved in, and one month later said she requested approval for her ESA, a German Shepard.

@Patricia Joseph , I'm German, so, I hate negotiating anyway. 

I think BP can give you some basics but its still a lot of hunting and pecking and might not be germane to your market or what you want to do..

Anyone know any areas that seem to be on an upswing like the short north and German Village were a few years back?  

I ask this cause i cant find any information about Wholesaling in the german language and wholesaling isnt even mentioned on the most german real estate website i have visited so i cause of that I am a bit confused if it is even possible to use the Wholesale strategy in germany.

Do I need to get it or am I being discriminated against since I have a service dog (German shepard).

GB AU  ISreal  Danish  German  Spanish... in FLA  many from south America.in AZ  many investors from MX... and of course Japan and China for west coast and Hawaii

@Eugene Lee  those rules were spawned out of the Great GFC... not germane to todays markets in most areas.you can though still buy in areas were there is more housing than people to use the housing and find those rules apply and even more.. those are what we call cash flow markets that's all they are all they will ever be ( in most likelihood) so if your going to invest there only reason to do it is to hit those 2% or better metricswhere we reside on the West coast we generally look for break even and make our big bucks on having our tenants pay down our debts and of course appreciation... you have most folks that live in the non appreciating markets and their mantra is  ( cash flow cash flow appreciation is only luck its not investing  LOL)  and you have those that have gotten stupid wealthy buying west coast assets that double or tripled in value in a 10 year time frame.. take your pick..