tenant lying about pet
hi,
we have a tenant that is lying about having a pet(s) and not sure how to proceed given we haven't actually seen the animal(s). We know there is at least a dog and possibly a cat because a few months after she moved in, we were in the place and smelled a dog. she claimed it wasn't hers but her boyfriend's (who is not on the lease and "doesn't" live there) and it is a service dog (yeah, right). yesterday, the carpet person was there and essentially told us not to bother reparing a portion of the carpet because the overwhelming small of cat marking. BTW, we inherited this tenant and she is still covered by the previous owners lease. can we give a 3-day even though we havent seen the animal? can we keep her deposite (to replace carpet and pad)? thank you for your insight.