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Hi, all! I asked my lawyer about service and emotional support animals. This is what he said regarding fair housing.If an applicant or tenant wants to have a service animal or emotional support animal, the tenant must...
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Do we have any recourse? This is an out state property for me and has a property manager suppose to be watching. Tenant moved in. I am down at the property doing an inspection and find a new tenant with 3 pit bulls in...
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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...
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To quickly get my opinion out of the way, I think these things are generally a load of baloney...Here is my situation. I manage a property where the tenant signed with the owner (a few months prior to me taking over) ...
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I have a SFH for rent. It's been advertised as a No Pets property.During a phone screening, caller mentioned a family member who doesn't currently live with her, will be moving in with her because he has a disability...
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Hi everyone,We have a potential tenant interested with our property. Tenant informed us of receiving disability and did not inform us of having a pet dog. Tenant told us after meeting and looking at the house that the...
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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...
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We are all familiar with issues related to service animals (specially trained and certified dogs) and assistance animals (such as emotional support animals of any species or breeds).This post suggests a compromise res...
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Hi there, first post on BP but figured this would be a good place to get some advice. I have had a tenant for roughly a year now, and we do not allow pets (unless they were there when we purchased the property) she ha...
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So, I was doing some research after reading the most recent thread on this topic, and I'm wondering if this is accurate. Based on my new understanding, a tenant claiming to have a service animal can only be asked two...