If the building has 4 units or less and the landlord lives in one of the units.If the property is a SFH and the owner owns less than 3 SFH's.If the animal brings an undue financial hardship to the landlord.If the animal causes damages or harm to others in the building.I recently got rid of a tenant who marked "no pets" on their application for a unit that was advertised with a strict no pets policy, and then within a month of moving in, during a scheduled inspection, I found they had a dog and a cat (penned up all day in big piles of their own poop and urine, bordering on animal cruelty).

We file jointly.I am retired and wife is a novelist and can work from anywhere, perhaps she could write off the 4-5 months of rental as an expense, writers retreat, plot group workplace etc.

I don't see the harm in discussing.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

You will want to know that before you close, as that could both kill the refinance into residential 30 year fixed AND significantly harm resale value.

What harm could there be? 

https://www.sbc.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/9/7/97ac840c-28b7-4e49-b872-d30a995d8dae/F2CF1DD78E6D6C8C8C3BF58C6D1DDB2B.small-business-owner-s-guide-to-the-cares-act-final-.pdfEconomic Injury Disaster Loans & Emergency Economic Injury GrantsThese grants provide an emergency advance of up to $10,000 to small businesses and privatenon-profits harmed by COVID-19 within three days of applying for an SBA Economic InjuryDisaster Loan (EIDL).

I believe the first paragraph will end up in doing lots of harm than good.People dont like breaking the mold.

Even if, by a miracle, tomorrow you would wake up with a news that they have found a 100% remedy or vaccine, the harm is already made.

If the building has 4 units or less and the owner lives in one of the units.If the property is a SFH and the owner owns less than 3 SFH's.If the animal brings an undue financial hardship to the building owner.If the animal would cause damages or harm to others in the building."