Oddly enough the city with the most expensive average property value had a problem a few years back and we were under a 'boil notice'.

If they are outside cats you will very likely have a flee problem as well.Pet deposits will not cover the costs to remediate.Personally I would stick to your policy of no cats.

Account ClosedConsidering the tenant has essentially moved out, eviction wont be a problem as mentioned in the post right above yours.

The tenant claims they are "not responsible for the problem" as it wouldn't be like this if the builder had installed the yard.

Some cats may spray, but usually only if they are unfixed males, which isn't s problem as I don't allow any intact pets whether dogs or cats.  

It rarely fixes the problem. As

Rather than spending your time or money changing all of your 'guts' for a not so common problem, a more proactive approach is to simply communicate with your tenants that you greatly appreciate  prompt maintenance or emergency requests.

I am not recommending you do the same, just sharing what I did.I am currently doing up a rental unit and actually has the same problem as you, Justin.

You are wasting your time trying to solve someone else's problem. A

If youneed a bit more time they will give you more as long as you tell them you have plans in motion or your working hard to fix the problem. As