Patrick Fanning
Tenant Has Rottweiler and German Shepard as ESA. How to proceed
I have an applicant who has listed a Rottweiler and German Shepherd as their support animals. How do I proceed of letting them know we are not interested in renting to them?
Fred Lutes
Question about emotional support animal with existing tenants
Our tenants have been renting our house (single family-3 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 car garage) for about the past 18 months. We rent it at slightly below the market (we are renting it at $1450 per month and the market is $1500-...
Peter Green
Service animal rules and pet fees in Missouri
I'm listing my first house for rent near Kansas City, MO. I have had two applicants say that they have service animals. Can I still charge the non refundable pet fee and my monthly pet rent? How do I know that they ar...
Mak K.
Tenant lied and has a dog on first month of lease -Texas
I am from Texas. When application was made tenant was I am not going to to have my puppy with me so do not need pet fee or application etc.First month and I find a dog in the house which is 50lb. Now she claims it’s a...
Greg R.
Tenant lied about dog (ESA), then brought to house on first day
Hello,I am in CA, so any California advice would be helpful. Long story short... We have tenants that signed a lease and moved in yesterday. They hid their dog when we first handed over the keys, but I had to go back ...
Brad Jacobson
Emotional Support Dogs - Legalities
Hi Fellow BP Fans,Recently I've had conflicts at both my short-term rental and a traditional rental with people claiming the pet policies don't apply to their support dogs. I have two questions in regards to this:1. ...
Rebecca Cohen
Tenant got a puppy w/o approval, gives me BS service animal reg.
I had a tenant move in in December and sign a lease knowing i don’t allow pets. At the end of the month she buys a puppy. I tell her I don’t allow pets on that property. She sends me a BS service animal registration. ...
Account Closed
Security deposit for pet (ESA)
Can we charge tenants Pet security deposit and monthly pet fees if it is Emotional Support Animal (Companion Animal).I did some research I saw that Fair Housing Act does not apply to people that renting out a SFH and ...
Amanda Thompson
Claiming a 120lb Mastiff is ESA
I have an inquiry about our dog policy. She says she has 2 dogs. She's been sketchy about details, I asked how old and how big and she said, "1 and 3." After 2 more times of asking more specifically she said 75 lb and...
Joe Splitrock
Emotional support animal pro-landlord state law passed
I was very happy to hear that the Governor of South Dakota just signed a new bill into law that makes it harder for tenants to claim fake emotional support animals. Thanks to the Multifamily Housing lobby here, we hav...