So I had tenants that have already moved out. During the last part of their stay - they brought in a dog, without any notice, claiming it was a service animal.Turns out the rental falls into an exception for the "serv...

I have a potential tenant who has an emotional supporting animal, and a letter from her psychologist saying the ESA is for a mental disability. I have a no pets policy for my rental, a one bedroom apartment that is an...

Hello BP Community! I am looking to change up my "Elevator Speech" that I use to give people a quick overview of what I do (buy distressed properties to rehab and resell them). I want to modify it so that I excit...

I recently rented a SFR and was told the prospective tenants didn't have any pets. We have a no pet policy for some of our properties and allow some small dogs for others (no cats). This property would have allowed sm...

Hello!I have a tenant in one of my duplexes who told me on her lease application she only planned on having one small dog on the property. The lease contract says explicitly NO PETS unless otherwise put into writing. ...

I have owned and operated properties since 2007, and have always had a NO smoking and NO pets policy. As of late, I am getting a lot of requests for needing a "service animal" or "therapy animal". I don't know if this...

Hello All,
I could really use some guidance on what to do with one of my rental properties. We currently own a 2/1 (built-in 2004) in an area of Wilmington that is less than desirable. There has been gang activity a...

Hey investors and landlords, what do you think pro and cons, rental pet one time deposit or monthly addition to the rent for each pet? We are curious as to what people prefer and why? We are about to rent a higher end...

I know that we need to allow for service dogs in NYS...BUT...here is what we put in our ad...We will consider a small pet with a $1500 security deposit and $25/month rent increase (we do not allow dogs in our other ho...

Past December I made a full price offer on a single family house on its first day of listing. The house was in perfect condition. Our offer agreed to close the house by the year end, as my realtor advised that closi...