Yes we were successful winning bidding wars 3 months ago using the family postcard technique;) Basically, we added a cute picture of our family along with our offers (which were based on conventional financing) and our “humanity” made us win over the cash offers.

This will get you the name on the dog on record designating that specific animal as their ESA.Good idea -- AND ask for additional rent/deposit, unless there is some legislation forbidding it for a properly registered service animal.My humble opinion, all this "emotional support" stuff is simply BS so they can take their precious animals everywhere they go and not have pay extra.

The fact that you got an owner to chat with you about it is a big win.

If everyone would simply eradicate that from there vocabulary and replace it with "Realized PERFORMANCE".

Don’t forget to plan for the future, maintain a healthy work-life balance, and celebrate small wins along the way—it’s all part of the journey!

I'm not here to debate, complain, or anything else.I simply shared my experience to help the poster, that is all.

It's simply deceptive and that's all I need to know about someone.  

And maybe it's not all or nothing for a given method, sometimes a combination of various financing tools is what wins.

Would this be an optimal win-win for risk reduction + tenant satisfaction? 

Will they be doing other types of work like getting through the financing, becoming the guarantor, finding the deals, crunching the numbers, doing the accounting, or are they just simply doing less work?