All Forum Posts by: Mark Holder

good point Greg!

I see more and more people trying to use the emotional support excuse in the future. After getting the top from Nathan G (thanks Nathan) I looked into petscreening.com and watched the demo video. I really liked their strategy of moving the friction away from the landlord and onto them making the process legitimate and cut and dry. The cost and the legwork effort is transferred to the renter. I hope to start implementing it moving forward.

Thanks David yes it is the workaround for paying an uplift for pets...thanks for the referral to petscrening.com I will check it out

Nathan by the way where did you see the limitation of one dog per disability? I read on the ADA site but could not find that detail. thanks in advance

Thanks for your response Nathan!

It appears we cannot charge rent or deposit for an emotional support dog, but my applicant has two dogs, can I charge for the second, or can they have unlimited emotional support dogs?

Thanks for the great post. it is hard not to get emotionally involved in a decision and try to decide if the red flags you see are deal breakers or not. It would be great if you could do a background or reputation check on the sellers when they are flipping. Flippers with good reputations would get a premium for quality work behind the paint and under the tile...

She may be telling the truth about borrowing from her 401k. That bothers me worse than if she said she just forgot or was to busy to get around to paying on time.  You might want to direct her to a third arty place that can give her help and help her turn her finances around or you could have an eventual eviction in the future as it sounds to me that she is digger herself a financial hole. As far as late fees, I would address the current late fee and tell her you will waive all past late fees amounting to XXX as a show of good faith to get her back on track while drawing a line moving forward.  

I suggest you have an honest conversation with her about paying on time and ask her in a nice way why this is happening. Better to get her out before she trashes your home! I would tell her you are reminding her of the lease terms and the late fee is a cost that is an option if she wants more time to pay. I would never present a late fee as a penalty but as a fee for convenience. I have made good money off of tenants that were just lazy and willing to pay to be late. Do your best to put a positive spin and you will keep her in place. Also suggest she moves to an online payment like zelle or paypal where you can request money by a due date to gently remind her and then send ongoing late fee requests to for the late fee as it builds so you don't have to feel you are walking on egg shells. Worst case she leaves and you get a better renter paying higher rent!

Sorry not sure why my reply was posted twice...