All Forum Posts by: Monte Blunk

@Mike Franco yep- I just had 2 tenants in the same unit do this. One for a brand new puppy and one for a rescue dog.

@Shane H. Thanks

@Pavel Shemyakin- thanks I agree with this. They are on a year lease which ends in June 2020 but we would have to renew it for them to stay.

@Jennifer T. Thanks that is helpful

@Russ B. I don’t have a problem allowing ESA pets. My concern is suddenly there are 3 dogs now in a small upper unit and the nuisance they may cause to tenants who are paying rent below. We allowed a dog in the unit that was not an ESA. That tenant followed the rules and guidelines we have for renting to tenants with pets. The dog is crates and quite. The other 2 have online papers from out of state saying they need the animal for support. And just brought in a untrained puppy!!!

For all those who really do need service animals or an emotional support animal I am all for following the guidelines. For those who are scamming the system they are going to make it much harder for those who really need them.

@Kim Meredith Hampton thank you. It would be great to have the form

You use.

@Theresa Harris thanks!

@John Warren- they were screened and have parent co-signers but are college students and Utah is now filled with online ESA letters for dogs.

Need help with tenant issue-

We have an older duplex that my husband recently remodeled that is an up/down duplex in the historic district of our city which is close to the university. The upstairs has 3b/2bath approx 1000 sq feet, all wood floors, no yard. The current tenants (all university students) had 1 dog on the lease. 2 of the 3 tenants just gave us notice that they now both have emotional support dogs that they are bringing into the upper unit and have letters for their ESA. One happens to be a new puppy that one of the tenants already bought!

We would not have allowed 3 dogs to be in this unit as it is an smaller upper unit with no yard. The tenants down below can hear all the dogs barking and running around very easily which makes it a noise and nuisance issue for the tenants below.

The main floor unit is a 2bed/2bath and is currently available to rent. We have a mom and daughter who are interested in renting that do not have pets. I am very concerned this is going to cause them to move into a living situation that is loud and quite annoying. Especially since one of the dogs is a new puppy which I am sure is not trained. I am a dog lover and know how much noise and damage new puppies can make.

I’m not sure how to handle this situation as it actually poses an issue to renters in the lower duplex. We just received notice of these dogs/puppy today. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Have you thought about Heber, summit park, or bountiful? Much better air quality in Heber and summit park.  Just a thought.  We own multiple MF properties in SLC and one in the park city area so know the markets and area well.  We also live in SLC (moves from Seattle 10 years ago) and you could look at homes with MIL apartments.  This way you could live in the MIL apartment and rent the main house out to cover your mortgage.  This is how we started in Seattle many years ago and it set us up to keep costs down and save money.  There are many houses in the Sugarhouse, Aves, liberty wells area that work really well for that.  Just a thought.