@Natalie Schanne Yes, very good point — the vacancies are definitely eating into my overall profit.

Third, you should be screening the animal to ensure it's fixed, at least one year old, current on vaccinations, and have a picture on file so the tenant can't pull a swap.I recently started charging an automatic, non-refundable $300 fee for every cat because of the increased risk.

You can make it clear in the advertisement that you do not allow any dangerous breed animals at the property, a max of one animal period, no smoking of any kind, no drug use allowed.

The second thing I look at in my state where the only real tax we have to fund everything is property taxes is the property taxes on the house as they can vary as much as $3,000-$4,000 for houses in the same price range and that can definitely eat up your cash flow.

I missed it and its transportation department not  HUD but I think its a significant development around formalizing procedures around emotional support animal : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/1...Never underestimate how long it takes departments to talk to each other, but now there is a precedent...I scanned it and it seems fair.

@Sanjay SharmaIt's not like going out with a vegetarian: I'll eat your steak, and you can indulge on my broccoli.

Also, try not to “eat” your profits so you have more available for the next one!

They need to keep their animal leashed or otherwise contained (electric fence, temporary fence, outdoor kennel, etc).

We did no have access to the bottom of the building because it was closed off due to animals entering the bottom of the building at some point.

You're right about property taxes, they are pretty brutal and that eats up a huge amount of the rent.