Does the management know that you have a pet?

Hi Wallace.  That is a ruff topic.

A home owner recently told me that she had a tenant for several years and she never went to inspect the property . One day she went there to drop off the water bill because she was in the neighborhood ( she used to usally mail it ) and she saw two large dogs. She did not do increase the rent at that time and now after a couple of years the tenants have moved out and the house is in bad shape because of pet odor and hardwood is damaged.

Wallace, it pays to do periodic inspections of any rental property. People often do not follow the rules! Enjoy your day!

I don't take any pets. Old ones quite often have leaky bladders.

Actually, our maintenance and cleaning vendors also report to us in a similar way - pets or anything that seems new or out of the ordinary.

If you are doing things right as a tenant, you shouldn't have anything to hide from management and vendors Wallace.

:)

it seems like a catch 22 as for us we try to discourage pets but we know fluffy has to go somewhere

In our lease agreement it is grounds for eviction if caught with a pet that a tenant didn't have permission to have on property!  Sad but true and we notify tenants prior so they don't fib!

It's a hard decision for sure. So many people have pets that it really limits the applicant pool when you have a no pet rule.  Some of our properties we have OKd pets but other, ones with lots of carpet or condos with close neighbors we have said no.