Here’s the good and bad on each:Applicant 1: Older lady (likely to stay longer), has one dog so I can charge pet deposit, will have son living with her temporarily, no debt, college educated, doesn’t work but receives VA benefits and SS, volunteers at hospice and local church school, no debt.

Otherwise, leave the REI at home wth the dog.

I like getting to know an area by looking at everything for sale on the realtor websites, then marking a few, then driving there and walking the dog around the neighborhoods I'm interested in.  

Ask your insurance agent about pets (dogs) before you jump.Thomas S. hit all the right points.

I have a wife and two dogs. 

Landlord has been acting like a landlord and telling tenant they cannot do certain things to property nor get a dog. 5.

Is this type of behavior normal and what is the proper protocol should I want to use different realtor?

But Zillow suddenly jumps or falls by 20% or 30% and adjusts its own 'history' to conceal the jumps.Falsified or doctored or secretly modified data is worse than unreliable data, because it demonstrates manipulative behavior by somebody.

For future reference here are some other issue that could give you problems with insurance on rental properties:- Knob & Tube or Aluminum wiring- Fuses - less than 100 amp service- flat roofs- tenants with dogs like pit bull or Rottweiler - branches overhanging the house- broken/Cracked driveways or walkways- Decks or stairs with out railings.- lead paint- galvanized pipes- flat roofs- in ground tanks (active or inactive)- pools- trampolines- EFIS and or asbestos siding/shingles- wood or pellet stoves (may be ok if installed by licensed contractor)Not all of these are problems with every company.  

Big dog on a chain, so noone can get close without the squatter first taking the dog.