Do You Allow Pets In Your Rental Properties?

pets in your rental

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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