The eviction process is a very emotional and dangerous time as it is, but especially so to someone who is new.  

I was very happy to hear that the Governor of South Dakota just signed a new bill into law that makes it harder for tenants to claim fake emotional support animals.

put your feelings aside and rent to them" There is absolutely no place in business for emotions.

Without a scoring system, you'll be faced with emotions every time you need a new resident.

Not worth your mental and emotional time.

Sob stories only try to get our emotions involved and make landlords feel sorry.

I'm sure the rent wasn't $3K per month seven years ago, though, and so the majority owners math may be skewed a little as these things are laced with emotion.  

The premise, as I understand it, is that everyone and her uncle is claiming that they need their pets as emotional support animals already, so why not make it fair for the folks who haven't figured out that loophole and grant all pets the right to housing in Berkeley.  

I am actually very consistent in suggesting that people not let emotions, chest-thumping, and gamesmanship get in the way of business.  

If you follow the "collateral" theory of lending, as I do, I make it a point to understand the asset, the liquidation value and the barriers and obstacles to collecting and maximizing yield.If you follow the "emotional equity" theory, as my buddy and author Gordon Moss does in his book, 'Performance Anxiety' then you put much faith in the ability to extract cash flow and yield from the borrower's familiar attachment to the home used as security.Yesterday I attended a conference of court-appointed receivers, who are people empowered to do such things as intercede with collecting rents, cash flows and till taps.