If you are leasing a single-family home, especially one with a fenced back yard, it is almost a certainty that you will have potential residents with pets. As such, we have found that a “no pets” policy is extremely detrimental to finding a quality resident. You may lose as much as 75% or more of the potential target market for your home by not being willing to accept pets. Now just because we encourage you to consider pets, it does not mean that you have no limitations.
With decades of experience with thousands of residents, most with pets, we have developed a common sense and market-based pet policy that has a proven record of accomplishment of controlling pets and the potential for damages. We will require an additional refundable pet deposit and require that the pets be within the limits of our policy.
We have a screening service just for pets and service/support animals, www.PetScreening.com! During the application process, prospective residents will be directed to this website and be required to complete an application on their pets or service/support animals. Based upon their detailed screening questions and the prospects answers, we will gain greater insight on allowing their pets upon the property as well as the amounts of deposits needed to cover the potential liability.
