Tenants and tenant candidates lie about having pets! This has been our experience over the years. Not all, of course, but a lot do!

How do application fees work for rental units? What are some examples? Do tenants get this money back if they get accepted as tenants and not if they do not get accepted? I know one example of these fees is late rent ...

I came to realize that for service animals or ESAs the NJ/Federal law does not permit charging any deposit or rent. However putting my landlord hat on, I see this as a nuisance to a landlord. An animal is animal and i...

Do you charge extra for pets?

I’m curious about what you guys charge for a pet fee (if anything). Or if you have any specific rules around pets I'd love to hear it!

I typically charge $100-$200/pet/stay dependin...

I manage real estate for investors, and wanted to hear from the insurance brokers as to what your feel is for the growing number of "service Animals" in rental properties. The biggest concern that I have is that we ca...

A tenant that I’ve had for about 5 years emailed me tonight with a ESA letter from a mail order website. Doctor is in Texas but say’s is certified in NY. It’s literally the first website that comes up when you google ...

I was just looking over my lease agreement and it has a clause about seeing eye dogs. This got me thinking, would you charge a pet fee for a tenant that needs a seeing eye dog?

-Michael

I wanted to share with you a situation that recently came up with one of our rentals regarding service dogs.  Please note we are located in Pennsylvania, though this issue is at a federal level.  The Situation:   Our ...

Hey everyone... so I have a bit of a lease term question. I just bought this four-plex and it's my first local property. We're managing it ourselves. We've literally had possession for 4 days. Tenant #2 comes up with ...