Prabhu Babu
Charging Pet fees after signing lease agreement
Hello fellow Landlords,Good evening. I'm a new landlord and rented my property 3 days ago. This is my first rental. My property is in San Jose, CA. My property is a townhome with a hardwood floor. The tenants and me s...
Dan P.
Restricted Breed as Companion Animal?
An inquirer asked if I would accept 2 german shepherd service animals. Two dogs are fine with extra deposits. German shepherds are on my restricted breeds list (but of my choice not because of an insurance requireme...
Terry Jacobsen
Pet Fee
Has anyone had a tenant call there pet a service animal and try to get around the pet fee?
Account Closed
Keeping Up With the Millennials- How Landlords Can Stay Relevant.
Just this year, Bill Nye the Science Guy made a bold statement saying that the “greatest generation” has arrived. But have you heard of them? At 75.4 million strong, they are now the largest living generation in the U...
Mark S.
Pet Insurance: Yes or No?
So, I wasn't really sure where to post this (debated on putting it in Personal Finance forum - and if I don't get any responses here, maybe I'll re-post there) but it seems off-topic to me, so I'm trying here.First le...
Pradeep C.
Pet policy criteria for tenants
We have a prospective tenant who's Girlfriend will visit him every other week and maybe stays a day or two. She has a pet(dog) who will be with her during the time she visits/stays at the rental property.The GF is not...
Aaron Davis
service dog and weight restrictions
So we have a clear pet policy that states a 30lb restriction. Tenants moved in with puppy (turns out to be part rottweiler). Now they tell me that they've registered the dog as a service dog, shown me papers, doctors ...
Chris Williams
When you have dogs, what's the best way to reassure a homeowner?
Sadly, this is not a hypothetical. Thanks to some serious family troubles, my girlfriend needs to find a new place to rent.
She has two dogs. Medium-sized, one of which acts as a service dog for her (diabetic). The o...
Kimberly Fox
Risks for allowing tenants to have Pets
Under what circumstances do you allow tenants to have pets? What is the pet fee? Is it typical to have a monthly fee for the pet? Please list pros and cons for allowing tenants to have pets.
Seth Jacowski
Cats
Hello all,My property manager has found a qualified tenant but she has a cat. Initially, I have always been hesitant to the idea of pets in general just because you can never be sure how well the pet is taken care of....