Or you could just increase the security deposit, so rather than speculating that the pets will do more damage than, say, children (and for whom you can't charge extra kid rent, for better or worse), the tenants are only pet penalized if their individual pets actually cause actual damage. 

I struck up a conversation with one of the children of the deceased only to strike a deal!  

Bennett’s case.As a result, seller-financed housing contracts have aggravated a persistent problem of lead poisoning among young children in this country.Complete story here. 

They will not accept things such as flushable wipes, personal wipes, baby wipes, paper diapers, sanitary napkins, tampons, wads of toilet paper, dental floss, balls of hair, paper towels, newspapers, grease, oil, table scraps, bones, clothing, rags, sand, dirt, rocks, or children’s toys.

I have two options either sell and reinvest in low interest guaranteed investments or pass them along to my children.

If you rent to him and allow the girlfriend to live there, but then decline the single mom with 4 adult children that don't want to be on the lease on another house, grey areas start to appear.

Childrens' wading only, and they pay to reseed any killed grass.Other banned stuff:Trampolines (insurance);Any dog adjudicated as dangerous or vicious (insurance);Any dog on the insurance banned breed list, including mixes containing any of the banned breeds (insurance);Venomous pets (after a tenant snuck a rattle snake into their apartment and it got out);Illegal substances or conducting an illegal business (duh).Mike

Is it that your plaintiff's attorney's haven't found the gold mine yet, no one is running lead paint blood tests, or your children don't eat paint?

This was in regards to housing discrimination and potential fines but at that time there was also some discussion on discrimination of folks with children, sinigle mothers, age, along with the more prominent issues on discrimination.Best of luck and congrats again on having more than one potential tenant to consider.To answer your question as to whether I agree with your decision would take a little more background information but like I said sounds like you are in a good position either way.

Posting minimum income, no smoking, no pets is all ok, but no children gets you in trouble.