I was liberal with the "service animal" vs emotional support animal.
Never had anyone apply to my rentals with a bone fide service animal, but I've had several with "service animal" that turned out to be just dogs with no papers or training.
Best story was a mom of a 13 year old boy needing a service animal for something emotional. During the showing the boy would hide around every corner and pretend to shoot me with a machine gun until I walked past him. His animal was a border collie.
In the end she was mad I would not give discounted rent and never called back.
We should really have a thread about crazy tenant applicants sometime. I've had everything from selfies from girls to people screaming at me for not lowering rent for them. (I use Craigslist a lot obviously!)
Never had anyone apply to my rentals with a bone fide service animal, but I've had several with "service animal" that turned out to be just dogs with no papers or training.
Best story was a mom of a 13 year old boy needing a service animal for something emotional. During the showing the boy would hide around every corner and pretend to shoot me with a machine gun until I walked past him. His animal was a border collie.
In the end she was mad I would not give discounted rent and never called back.
We should really have a thread about crazy tenant applicants sometime. I've had everything from selfies from girls to people screaming at me for not lowering rent for them. (I use Craigslist a lot obviously!)