i'm also pretty liberal with pets, farm animals, storage of RVs and related on-site, general use of property is liberal etc. so long as i get the extra deposit.

This was bought more as a pet project as well as an investment.

Unless people have unauthorized pets, people over our occupancy standards, or a court eviction, we encourage everyone to fill out an application.

When I bought the property almost a year later, they were still having to finish collecting the deposit, and on top of that they allowed one of the tenants to pay late (like 15 days) regularly and had even verbally agred to allow pets in on unit, in violation of lease (needed to be in writing).

Tenant shall be charged for all repairs or replacements caused by Tenant, pet, guests or licensees of Tenant, excluding ordinary wear and tear.”

My tenant is moving out this month and she is claiming that we have to give her a cashiers check for the security deposit and the pet deposit right away after the walk through or else she will go to court.I know we have upto 21 days to refund the money but what is the procedure as we wont know right away what the condition is by just doing a visual inspection while they are they standing there.

Unauthorized pet?

(One of my pet peeves is white garage doors, unless they are some unique feature on the house, paint them the same color as the body of the house, otherwise, that is what draws your eye, and bland garage doors aren't anything to accent!)

Obtaining copies of the application and background checks may require the tenants consent - here in Canada, it would be a violation of federal privacy law for the Vendor to simply had them over.One thing Kevin omitted, and why you need the leases before the end of your diligence period, is to prepare an estoppel certificate for each tenant using the information obtained from the lease, then meet with the tenant to affirm the information and to discover any other material facts (i.e. side agreements, pets unknown to Vendor, etc) and have the tenant sign the estoppel.  

@Tammy Wise  Yes you can have them get renters insurance with a pet clause.