However, in California it is impossible to try to subdivide and to determine who is using how much water especially when some tenants travel for work and others work from home and have pets that they bathe in showers.

Plus, breached contract by having 2 pets and their father move in with them with out prior approval or even notice.

my health , home and family and pets all destroyed!

Tenants lying use to be a pet peeve of mine, it is human nature for most people to lie when they are in the wrong, so I adopted the policy of never listening to tenants excuses.

I'm trying to be more pet friendly as this opens up a wider prospect of tenants to choose from.

Pets will probably create more damage. 

In addition consider other documents you will need to have on hand like Pet Addendums, Notice to Vacate, Lease Extensions, Lease Assignments, etc.

It needed wiring update, subfloors removed and replaced, new flooring, new bathroom, new kitchen, trash/pet waste/people waste/etc removed.I put $15k into the place and about 500 hours of my time.

I believe a large portion of the retail inventory is going to people who work in Chicago, but want a bigger, nicer place to live with a yard, a garage, their kids, their pets, and a reasonable commute to the city. 

We weren't planning on pets but I understand "service animals" are under a different category.I'm not sure if fair housing laws vary from state to state but with regards to California…What is the correct legal verbiage to use in a phone call to say..A: We aren't Section 8 approvedB: No pets allowed.Interestingly enough, Craigslist flagged using "no pets" in the body of the text.