All Forum Posts by: Mindy Jensen

Originally posted by @Jerry Puckett:

Hey @Mindy Jensen,

This is too cool!! I was at the last one and it absolutely jump started my entire career!!

Just one question (for now)....Any chance we'll actually get to see @Joshua Dorkin in the flesh? He's still very much my hero and meeting him in Denver all those years ago was one of the highlights of the Summit. I was just looking back at  from the first summit and reliving.....good times.

From the looks of this, it is going to be STELLAR!!

I can neither confirm nor deny this at this time. Stay tuned... 

Originally posted by @Travis Stern:

Can a spouse who is not a pro member buy tickets or do both have to be pro member?

Thanks

Travis 

Pro member

 Your spouse can purchase their ticket using your Pro discount. 

Originally posted by @Isaac S.:

Originally posted by @Mike Cumbie:

A person with a medical condition requiring them to have a support animal, wheelchair, glasses, high blood pressure meds, insulin, hearing aids, pregnancy, cane or chemotharapy are all the same. 

If you want to charge the cancer patient more because you believe there will be more hair in the drain, requiring more frequent plumber visits.... you may find a fair housing violation. Asking any of them to "validate" their medical condition may find you on the wrong end of a federal case. 

Treat disabilities like you treat race, sexual orientation, sex, age, nationality, religion etc. Which is as a non issue and not part of your screaning process. Only difference is be ready to make reasonable accomidations if asked.

If you think you can charge a higher deposit for someone who is visually impaired because you feel they will not clean properly, you are most likely violating a law.... a federal one at that.

 Wow, those are some cold blooded examples.

I don't think a single reply implied or stated such horrible actions towards a cancer patient or someone with a vision disability, or any real legitimate disability. I understand you are saying to treat all ESA owners as legitimate, to err on the side of caution.

This topic is about people knowingly abusing the ESA part of the FHA and the ADA. Essentially committing fraud to be held to a more generous standard.

For example, People have "legally obtained" handicap parking placards, that technically do not legally qualify for them and under scrutiny would be found to be fraudulent. 

Should we not try and stop people from abusing our generous standards that are meant for those that truly need it? Or just let people lie and cheat to get what they want?

Isaac, I don't think these are cold-blooded examples. I think this is one of the best ways to look at the specifics of the law.

No landlord would charge extra rent to a cancer patient because they *thought* there would be more hair in the drain.

No landlord would charge extra rent to a visually impaired person because they won't clean as well as a sighted person.

Therefore, with an ESA being a medical device, no landlord would charge someone for having one.

Originally posted by @Isaac S.:

Originally posted by @Mike Cumbie:

MODERATOR NOTE: There have been some removed posts. Trolling is against the rules of the forum. All sides have had them removed. This topic relates to service animals and keep discussions to that topic.

Thank you

Hey, I missed the  trolling but see that my name was mentioned by someone that has been removed from the site and all their posts too.

What did they do to get kicked off? How did they mention me? Is there a way to still see the removed comments? How often does that happen?

There are rules surrounding posting on BiggerPockets. You can view them at www.biggerpockets.com/rules. Posts are removed if they violate our rules. The posts that have been removed from this discussion were vile. And no, there is no way to view them. 

The person posting these vile comments had his account deactivated due to the nature of the comments. 

You are welcome to share your thoughts, even if they disagree with others, so long as you do so respectfully. Personal attacks, trolling, and political statements supporting either side of the aisle are not tolerated on this site. 

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Originally posted by @Bill F.:

Thanks @Mindy Jensen that clears things up! The author produces the content and BP does spelling and grammar checks, but BP doesn't  fact check the substance of the blog post.

We fact check where it is necessary. Most posts aren't necessary to fact check. Are you concerned about anything specifically? 

@Elliot Marszalek, where have you messaged me? I don't see anything in my PM inbox. 

Paypal allows the sender to dispute the transfer, and could have a similar result. Venmo does not allow for dispute, they just tell you to request the funds back from the person you sent them to.