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

The pet thing would be hard to prove, because they may just say "we had someone come over for a few nights, that brought a pet-- but it's not our pet" ... as far as collecting rent from long term guests,  unless you have a provable date as to when they moved in, I can't see it being possible to prove they lived there.  

We typically do this if the previous tenant had pets (dogs, cats) and use products designed to address fleas (actually I spray using professional products from "domyownpestcontrol". 

I've been surprised that many managers say they will collect AND retain all late fees, pet fees, as well as 50-100% of any retained security deposits!

They won't give you the best terms and from my experience it's like pulling teeth trying to get a loan approved.I have no clue about getting a loan on multifamily/commercial as a foreigner but I would assume it would be an even bigger nightmare trying to get a larger loan approved.Most lenders here are all about a social security number and BS credit scores (Credit scores can be manipulated even if you're a broke A$$) lolMuch success mate

Except, it seems that most of our (soon to be) tenants have acquired pets; without the acting property management enforcing their leases that clearly say "no pets".

So, unfortunately, what many do instead is LIE THROUGH THEIR TEETH.

Pet fee (she has two dogs).

Kind of like adding a pet fee.

I like MF and commercial retail, and own some in NZ.We cant scale it up in NZ, as there are not many to buy which are more then 4 units, we don't have buildings of 10 units under one title, these are all independently owned. purpose-built multi units buildings with 10+ units are rare as hen's teeth. and the Auckland market which is where im investing has median house price of 850k. so 4ples cost over 1.5mil and the yields are very low. like California and NY etc.