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...

Fellow Landlords,I noticing more and more dogs/cats are ESA's. I welcome pets in my rental but like to be compensated for the wear and tear.How do you handle this situation? I know if we have multiple applicants we ar...

Well it's happened.  people are applying to rent our units with their emotional support pitbulls and other animals . Of course we follow all fair housing laws . but what we need to do is weed out people that have legi...

I own and operate a rental property in Los Angeles County that I rent by the room to college students. Last month I rented to two individuals that knew each other for 2 rooms in my house. I was called out to the prope...

I was doing work on my rental property over the weekend, and the gate was mistakenly left open and my tenants service dog ran away today. The tenant told me:
"He has been found. He killed someone's chicken and we may...

I have a tenant with 2 certified service animals (dogs). The dogs recently chewed my central air compressor resulting in a repair for which I told the tenant they were responsible. Then a second chewing. And now a thi...

Hello,I'm going to be a first time MF buyer and plan on house hacking.  I have a dog myself and, therefore, will have to allow pets in other units as well.  What liability falls on me, the landlord, if there are anima...

Where the heck are all those pit bull type animals living? My insurance company doesn't allow me to rent to people with these dogs but they are all over the place. My real question:  Perspective tenant has service ani...

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...

Hello, Please forgive me if this is common knowledge. But I'm still learning and I want to stay compliant with a fair housing laws and regulations. I'm an investor in upstate NY I have a vacant unit and a friend sent ...