This is my 4 rental putting into service, I have never considered pets before and that new carpet and paddling that was just installed looks and smells great right now. 

That they had to keep away from anything flammable, themselves, their kids and pets? 

No pets are permitted on the premise without prior written consent of the Landlord.

@Joe Splitrock My interest rates on the loans I would be paying off are 8%.While I know this is not what you meant about the tax write off, you have hit on a bit of a pet peeve of mine. 

Which has Berber carpet or however it's spelledVinyl/laminate would be so much easier to maintain with pets.

Should I allow pets in my rental property?

So I would have to be a policeman to monitor if he took the dogs back after moving in and not paying the pet fees.

  " Against my better judgement I rented to my sister in law and her 4 lazy  POS sons "Never rent to family , and this is why I dont allow pets

She wants me to tell the property management company to give me the pet deposit and security deposit so that I can use the funds to address these issues. 

The vet wouldn't provide a letter saying the pets got sick from the mice.