How We Verify Pets, ESAs, and Service Animals in Your Rental
How We Verify Pets, ESAs, and Service Animals in Your Rental
Lots of responsible tenants have pets, and that opens up your tenant pool. But before any animal goes into your property, we verify every single one.
Lots of responsible tenants have pets. And when you're open to it, it significantly expands your pool of potential tenants. But when it comes to animals in a rental property, not all of them fall into the same category, and understanding the difference matters.
Three categories of animals in rentals. When we talk about animals in rental properties, there are actually three distinct categories. The first is pets, your standard dogs and cats. The second is emotional support animals, commonly called ESAs. The third is traditional service animals, like a seeing-eye dog.
Each one is treated differently from a legal and property management standpoint, and knowing which category an animal falls into determines how you handle it as a property owner.
“We actually verify every animal to ensure we're placing the right one in your property.”
How do we verify every animal? One of the things we do at Patriot Property Management is run third-party verification on every animal. Nobody is just showing up with a vest on their dog and calling it a service animal. We actually verify those claims to ensure we're placing the right animal in your property.
This protects you as the owner. It means you're not guessing whether an ESA letter is legitimate or whether a service animal claim holds up. We do the work so you don't have to.
If you have any questions about pet policies for your rental property, or if you're thinking about getting your home on the market and rented, reach out to us at Patriot Property Management. Call us at
(602) 581-3658, email us at
info@patpm.com, or visit
patpm.com.
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