All Forum Posts by: Brandon Turner

Hey @Han Oh congrats! 

Awesome! Keep it up @Cassidy Burns!

Hey @Edwin Mendoza welcome to the site! And thanks for the kind words, it's great to have you here!

Hey @Matt T. it's best to ask this question to the club for their options. 

This is awesome @Gordon S.!

Hey @Michael Ablan whoop whoop!

Hey @Jinwoong Joung welcome to BiggerPockets and thanks for checking out the book!

Hey everyone thanks for the great feedback so far! 

I agree @Thomas S.- I agree IF they were trained service animals. But they aren't. It's just that tenants know they can get a "doctor note" and call it a "service animal." They aren't trained to do anything. That's the danger. But in Washington State - as soon as someone says "Service animal" or "emotional support animal" then it IS one. No proof really needed. And tenants know that game! :) 

Hey @Art Maydan- here's a couple resources that should help! 

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/01/0...

https://www.biggerpockets.com/tenantscreening

That should answer a lot of the questions. Also - be sure to check out www.biggerpockets.com/rentalbook - especially the yellow "Managing" book. 

Hey folks - so I have a property in a lower-income part of town and almost every tenant who applies has a pitbull. (The animal, not the singer!) 

Anyway - tenants today know the game. They just need to say "it's a service animal" and get a letter from a doctor and I can't turn them down. So they do.  This is a game they all play and it's always annoyed me but there's not much I can do except find other reasons to disqualify them (or just allow the animal.) 

But here's an interesting twist:  the insurance company directly told us that under no circumstance will they cover a pitbull biting someone. Pitbulls are not allowed (which I always assumed.) 

So- it would be illegal for me to tell the tenant I can't rent to them because of the pitbull... but insurance won't cover me if they do have one.

Anyone have any ideas on what I should do? I guess just find another way to disqualify them... but if they are truly perfect tenants, I could get sued for disability discrimination.