I recently rehabbed a property, signed a 2 yr lease with someone, then about a week before she’s supposed to move in, she informs me that she has an ESA (Emotional Support Animal), a huge dog - lab mix. We have a no p...

Thinking about buying some duplexes. I have been out of the game for many years.  Wife who is a realtor, told me about new fair housing laws on emotional support pet laws. She said you can not refuse someone who claim...

Hi Landlords,  Search the forums for other petscreening.com treads.  I'm not going to cover old info or even what petscreening.com does.   I have to share and help you re how to thwart fake claiming of ESA, support an...

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...

I  have a new tenant that's been in our unit for a month. On her application she stated that she had no dog. We recently found out that she has a dog. On our application any pets have to be approved and that there is ...

I guess my situation is a little unusual - I have a potential tenant who has filled out applications but did not disclose they have an emotional support dog until we mentioned there will be a pet deposit since there w...

First of all, I'm in CA. My lease states no pets and over night guest must be approved and short term. I had a tenant request that her friend stay the night, usually, no problem. Her friend requires a service dog...I ...

Hey folks - so I have a property in a lower-income part of town and almost every tenant who applies has a pitbull. (The animal, not the singer!) Anyway - tenants today know the game. They just need to say "it's a serv...

Hi,Recently put my first rental on the market (SFH) in Texas. I recently got prospective tenants mentioning that they had two service dogs including a german shepherd. I think they actually meant ESA instead of servic...

Looking for a General ESA tenant agreement for MA that I can tweak and have my attorney look at before signing. If you are willing to share your templates let me know!!