All Forum Posts by: Ray R.

Postlets is now ZIllow Rental Manager, and only posts to Zillow sites Zillow, Trulia, and Hotpads. Post to Zillow and it updates the others.

I just had a really sad situation, where a young couple showed up with a moving van to our complex. They thought they had rented a room from one of our units that was available.

Home Depot has amazing sales on Black Friday and Father's Day, where Ryobi usually has a deal for a set of their tools. The headache of battery operated tools, is the batteries are not interchangeable. Ryobi is great for everything, except status. For professionals Milwaukee, DeWalt (made by Black N Decker), and Makita are acceptable on job sites, so you don't get mocked. 18/20V is the way to go for power. 

I like Makita's a huge amount due to ergonomics, especially their brushless products. Brushless weighs a lot less, but the price is a lot higher.

I did a deep dive into EA's a couple of years ago when we took over an apartment complex and a tenant had an EA, who was a pit bull. And the tenant would allow the dog to be unleashed! Fortunately, the tenant did not pay the rent, and was evicted due to this.

In California the Irvine Company settled an ESA lawsuit for $175,000, after the State Fair Housing got involved...

https://dfeh.ca.gov/wp-content...

One of the plaintiffs if I remember correctly, got their dog ESA certified via the Internet. My parents got their dog certified over the Internet, dog is a brat, for not that much.

I am very happy their may be more fairness with airlines on animals on flights, but unfortunately this is totally separate from the housing ESA issue.

A photographer I know in California, mentioned they saw more dogs at complexes that were supposedly pet free, than those that were not.

At this time, there is not requirement for certification of service animals, and it may be trained by a non certified person.

And you can't even reject on breed, unless you can show your insurance would go up, resulting in an unfair financial burden.

Bigger Pockets book, The Book On Managing Rental Properties: A Proven System for Finding, Screening, and Managing Tenants with Fewer Headaches and Maximum Profit!by Brandon Turner. The Audio Version is A+!

mentioned possible fair housing issues on rejecting with tenants with drug issues. Credit you can't be sued on. The money owed, especially being recent, is a huge red flag.

Nolo had a good write up:
https://www.nolo.com/legal-enc...