Greg R.
Tenant lied about dog (ESA), then brought to house on first day
Hello,I am in CA, so any California advice would be helpful. Long story short... We have tenants that signed a lease and moved in yesterday. They hid their dog when we first handed over the keys, but I had to go back ...
Amanda Dallman
how do you avoid bogus support animals?
I have a condo for rent in an association that has a no pet policy in the bylaws, unfortunately it doesn't seem to be enough against the Fair Housing Act. I had someone look at our 3rd floor condo, when I told them n...
Kathy Judd
Tenant having girlfriend's dogs over
I have a situation with a tenant I wanted to get your opinion. I'm in Idaho if that makes any difference but I have a no pet clause in my lease agreement. No animal, bird, or other pet will be kept on the premises, e...
Ray Hill
Anxiety over rental increase
I’m having some anxiety over an issue I’m having with my tenant. I own a two family house. I live on the first floor and I have a tenant on the 2nd floor. In June 2018 a retired cop moved in. During the interview we t...
Justin Wallman
Therapy dog vs Service dog vs Emotional Support Animal
Can someone help with the meanings on these three terms? What can you not discriminate towards? Tenants and prospective tenants throw these terms around and it gets quite confusing on what exactly we should and can s...
Jon Gorman
Need help responding to a tenant problem
Hello,I recently moved into a new house and am renting out the townhouse I previously lived in. It's the first time I am renting to a tenant. The new tenant moved in Sept 1. Shortly thereafter (within a week) she told...
Christian Malesic
Raise Rents?
When you have a relatively good tenant that pays on time, do you raise the rent?
This question prompted from this comment made on another thread:
Originally posted by "dafly":My two instances of not being firm enough...
Colleen Ross
Assistance Animals under Fair Housing Act
Hi Bigger Pockets. I have a question regarding assistance animals under the Fair Housing Act. We are advertising our rental property and just received an inquiry from someone with a service animal. Our policy is no...
Holly Moser
Tenant asked for another dog multiple times
We have tenants that have been with us for 6 months. The 1st time they asked for a second dog, It was 4 days after they moved in. After we told them no and we'd like more time to get to know them, they asked for a pup...
Garrett Brunell
Oil Stained Driveway
A tenant's vehicle leaked oil on the asphalt driveway of a rental property. The tenant attempted to clean the oil stain using a commercial cleaner, but was not successful. I also tried removing the oil stain by scrubb...