Should You Allow Pets in Your Rental Property?

Buying an older place that doesn't currently have carpet. If I allow pets, what damage could they still do from a smell perspective? Is it easier to clean the house after they move out if there isn't carpet? 

I'm really on the wall about this one, because lots of people smoke (eww... absolutely hate it...), and lots of people have pets and refuse to separate from them. And I think not allowing those 2 might narrow my poten...

I've tried to search and haven't seen exactly what I am after, so I thought I would bring this to the group. After many, many years of owning our own rental properties and filing our federal returns, utilizing Schedul...

Hello! My husband and I posted our first rental property (single-family home) yesterday and decided to NOT allow pets. I received a reply from someone asking if I'd consider. My immediate thought was no. We are being ...

Just want to know from experience, how much of a liability is to have a tenant with Pets, specifically two dogs? Is it worth the trouble? Is it actually a bad thing? The house I'm planning to rent has mostly carpet, w...

So, I just closed on my home, again, yesterday and started to doubt whether I actually made the right decision. Here is some of the back story. I was moving cross country on military orders and stayed in a hotel until...

Tenants want to have a dog and are requesting a list of dogs that I would approve.  I have not approved a pet yet and have not even created a pet policy, agreement, addendum, or clause that I could use. The lease is v...

I thought I would share an experience I had yesterday in hopes of helping others out.  Yesterday I'm browsing the local MLS scouting for deals (Why not, right?). I stumble across this  house that looks really great fr...

There may already be threads out there on this topic that I have not seen. But what do you find being the best ways to increase rent or generate more income for your SFRs and small MFRs? A few things I can think of at...