@jeff @Jeff Appleby since your looking at apartments in gvw, have you thought about buying them in buildings that are pet friendly?

Review the condo docs for other restrictions like no pets, or even minimum rental periods like 30 days which would limit air BnB type rentals.3. 

What percentage of rentals allow pets? 

FYI this is a pet peeve of mine so sorry if this sounds critical:An agents job is not to find you homes to buy.

Getting unauthorized pet?

. $50/mth off rent for cleaning common areas; three cats and a dog where 1 pet is permitted, etc.  

I have negotiated them lower and negotiated them higher ( much higher)  depends on what it is and current market conditions.although in reality most agents working for a broker are not allowed to negotiate or if they are very little.its once you become an independent broker working for yourself that your free to negotiate.in our market there is defiantly pressure... downward.. 7 % used to be somewhat common... then of course you have the nationwide 6%  that is common.. now in our market 5% is more common and on high end properties you will see 4%  ... now I sold land.. it started at 10% and had been 10% for years then as the decades rolled on.. it dropped to 6% as well.I specialized in remote rural acreages as I was cutting my teeth in the industry..

I've been shopping around the past few days for lenders for rental properties and it seems like trying to pull teeth to get information out of these people.

It's because you don't know the laws that give your lease the teeth you desire.

It kills everything alive so all plants and pets will need to be removed, but that may be the way to go.