Melissa T.
Pet Deposit/Emotional support dog
Hi,My tenant wants a pet for a condo. We typically don’t allow dogs and we would be requiring a security deposit for it. He mentioned he wants it “bc his wife has been depressed recently.” My question is if he adopts ...
Patrick C.
Emotional Support Animals
Hi Everyone! I have a rental house in the state of Pennsylvania. Current tenant presented a letter and certificate to have a emotional support animal. My lease agreement has a no pet policy. She knew that and now I am...
Shawn Stiteler
1st time advertising a rental, and need help with 2 things
Ok, this is my first forum post (on any platform) so hopefully this comes out clear.I just advertised my first rental and we have been getting calls and I have come across 2 things I was not prepared for.1. We have a ...
Dean Boyer
Pet question in Nebraska
Just had a renter call me and say that she was diagnosed with PTSD. She says that the doctor suggest that she get a trained service dog. She is about 6 months into a year lease that say no pets. She says this is no...
Daniel Bryant
Client/tenant with service dogs question
I have a client that rents out a commercial suite from me here in NYC for over a year. Yesterday he came with a pet dog who’s about a month old into my building and into his room… when I told him that we cannot have p...
Matt Hendrickson
Informed of Service Animal in Unit Shared by College student
Help!I self manage a few properties, one of which is a house that I rent out to multiple college students by room. I just received this email from a tenant: "I just wanted to inform you that I got a service animal and...
Elliot Terekhin
Can you charge pet rent if the tenant has ESA in WA state
My new tenant has a dog and they have an ESA certificate from doctor. Can I legally charge them pet rent? its a big brown lab. In my understanding I thought you can't deny someone with a ESA but you should still be ab...
Kyle Graves
Owner rights regarding Emotional Support Animal
Hi, I'm new to renting. And I've already had a problem.
I have a prospective tenant who has an ESA dog. I was wanting an additional deposit since there was an animal involved, I made it clear it wasn't a "pet" depos...
Anna Watkins
Another question on FHA & service animal rules (with a twist)
I have a potential applicant with a big dog (a Husky) for a room in a student rental/shared house that I had intended to be a "no pets" rental. I'm told that the dog is a seizure service animal for the young man, who...
Terry Jacobsen
Pet Fee
Has anyone had a tenant call there pet a service animal and try to get around the pet fee?