Rental Property & Service Animals

[Josh Orta]

I have a potential tenant interested in a rental property. They have 3 service dogs and are stating that the pet fee should be waived. How should I go about verifying the legitamecy of the service animals?

[Kevin Enderle]

I love Dogs and specifically do pet friendly rentals since they fetch (HA!) more money per month. However, nobody has THREE legitimate service animals. I'd count one and ask for pet deposit for the other two. Also, just because somebody had a service animal, it doesn't mean the deposit needs to be waived, it just means you cannot deny them rental if the animal is legit.