by Debbie Vornholt | Aug 19, 2021 | Landlord
Pets In Your Rental Properties
Whether or not to allow pets in your rental is a very touch subject. When you have a property for rent, pets are something you need to bring up early in the conversation. Most everyone that I know loves pets and most of my friends have at least one pet. You will find that a large number of prospects will have pets as well.
Do You Allow Pets?
Landlords have mixed reactions when it comes to renting to someone that has pets which is very understandable. Some landlords allow pets and some do not. I know that pets can cause a lot of damage when they are destructive. Even pets that are well behaved can still cause unintentional damage.
Assume The Prospects Have Pets
Again, a large percentage of the people that we pre-screen seem to have pets and you severely limit your pool of potential tenants if you do not allow pets in your rental properties. One thing I do know is that tenants that have pets are usually very attached to them and they will just sneak them in if we said no to pets.
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by Debbie Vornholt | Mar 20, 2017 | Landlord
Should you allow pets in your rental properties? Let’s take a minute and talk about what can happen if you do because you need rules and policies in place. Allowing pets in your rental properties opens up your pool of renters but also increases your headaches!
Early one bright and sunny Tuesday morning, one of your tenants calls into the office with a maintenance issue. The kitchen faucet is leaking, could you send someone out right away to fix it.
The tenant won’t be home and Fluffy, his small dog, (which is on the lease) will be locked in a crate in the bedroom, so just come on in.You happen to have a maintenance person in the area who has time to run by to take a look at the problem.
[ctt template=”11″ link=”E229D” via=”no” ]I know many landlords that don’t allow pets and I know for a fact that the tenant usually just hides the pet. [/ctt]
BIG AGGRESSIVE DOG
The next thing you know, your maintenance person calls you. He angry because a large dog came out of nowhere, chased him out of the house and almost bit him!
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