Way to go tenantresourcecenter...Check this out: https://www.rentprep.com/property-management/landlord-guide-assistance-animals/Regardless, I think one of the easiest ways to prevent the ESA lies is to just allow pets and have a very strong pet policy. 

I understand the spirit of preventing investors from using loans meant for owner-occs, but that argument doesn't fully explain this provision in my opinion.

But when your house is on fire and you see someone pouring gasoline on it, you suddenly become uninterested in who started the fire and more concerned with those preventing you from putting it out. 

The rest of the time was spent being SOLD MORE.... a ridiculously good salesman for Veil Corp comes in and spends HALF a day to finally end with, "you too can achieve this type of service for $10,000 dollars if you sign up RIGHT NOW". and If you do not sign up, they have the gall to have someone come attempt to draw you out of class or whisper loudly why you would not want to, putting you on the spot....

We would just refund it to prevent any issues. 

I got to the point where I provided 3-4 very accurate comps to every appraiser, prior to the appraisal process, so they knew I understood the market should valuation come up short - that step went a long way in preventing issues! 

With two of my rentals I was instructed to build a structure around it to prevent "easily touching" the cables. 

We'll hold in both names and one of us will get an agency loan (to prevent it from counting against both of our limits)

I guess month to month is too much to hope for.Suggestion: Conduct quarterly preventive maintenance.

@Jeremy Krueger yes I did, I wanted to spell out every thing before he moved in to prevent unwanted issues in the future.