After the better part a morning deal with an irrate perspective tenant over my pet fees. I'm very curious about the legal aspect of pet fees. Is it illegal to charge pet fees to an emotional or service animal. I'm cur...
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Hi All!
As the title states, we manage an apartment complex with a strict no pets policy and were forced to accept a resident's dog when they submitted an ESA letter. Yesterday we received notice that the ESA (a pitb...
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We have had the same tenant in one of our units since 2015. It is now time for lease renewal and she doesn't want to pay the pet fee for her new lease term because she claims her dog is an emotional support animal. Sh...
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Hello all,
i have a tenant that has a dog that was on a Pet Addendum. However, after a few issues with not having the dog on a leash, dog waste not being cleaned up, and the tenant against my permission putting up a...
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Hi, I just leased to a new tenant (six-month lease) and the tenant has moved into the premises this month. Without my knowledge and consent, the tenant brought in a pit bull (or similar breed). I discovered the pet wh...
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Hey!
I have a no pet policy for my units, but one of my tenants worked around this by making her cat an Emotional Support Animal. I am feeling cornered by this and don't think that I have many options. A highly exper...
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I have a strict no pets policy on my 3BR fully furnished mid term rental because it is nicely furnished and decorated with soft furnishings, linens, etc, has a carpeted, finished basement, and a tiny but fully landsca...
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Aloha from Hawaii. Sorry for another ESA question. I manage a building with 10 2/1 apartments with a no pets allowed policy. I have a tenant who moved in a month ago and brought in an ESA pig right after lease sign...
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What's your worst ESA / service animal story? Hopefully that's well behind you...I've long said that it will take big money lobbyists (likely from the air travel industry) to push into motion some type of regulation o...
Can we denied an application if they have companion animal and we have no pet policy. I know Companion animals are not service animals. Please help!!!