In my experience, having a challenging tenant in the property is not only financially costly but it can be mentally/emotionally costly as well.

@Ellen LaVoie you're making emotional decisions instead of business decisions!

It seems like you just really wanted this property so you let your emotions drive your offer.

From what I gather, they don’t tie themselves emotionally or logistically to one location, which can significantly broaden their deal flow.

But here's why you should: 1. the pool of applicants with pets is multiples larger than those without 2. you'll make bonus rent via pent fees and pet rent 3. you won't be able to stop a bonafide Emotional Support Animal (ESA) anyway.

Quote from @Ty Canal: This could be true for a not so savvy investor, an emotional investor that looks at dollar signs and not common sense. 

More people need to handle their finances on proper analytics, not emotion.   

  - I'm learning more and more to keep my emotions out of these decisions and keep it strictly business.

Geez, there’s so much opinion, emotions, beliefs, and personal experience in this thread.  

They now own it again, and you can't make them deed to back to you once the lender isn't looking.We're not even dealing with the issues of protected classes, emotional people, pre-foreclosures, elderly and minorities.