My new “Niche”? People with 2 large dogs!

One new res commented we were the only LL willing to accept her 2 big lazy labs. Another said some LLs were even nasty when she asked about bringing her German Shepherd mix and a mutt. Another has 2 large breeds, HAPPY to find a LL and a yard with a fence.

I have already pushed rents on turnovers to a “Let’s try it and see if anybody bites - nothing to lose” level.

Over Christmas and New Years (you know, the time of year newbies think it’s impossible to rent!) we rented 3 homes. Each for about $150-200 more that the highest I would have expected.

We LOVE pets so these three each brought 2 dogs so they are each paying an ADDITIONAL $300 Non-Refundable Animal Registration Fee and $70 pet rent per month ON TOP OF the amazingly high rents. None of them even blinked when I added up the move in amounts. Happy to find a place that would take them with their dogs.

So we brought in $900 fees up front, an extra $70 x 3 = $210 per month or $2520 per year x how many years will they stay?

All this on top of the $150-200/ month per house = approx $600/mo = $7200/year ON TOP of the rents.

On just these 3 houses in just THIS YEAR ONLY I increased our income by $900+2520+7200= 10,620 by taking pets!

Next year will be $9720, again and again.

See why I LOVE pets!

Timid Landlords Raise Skinny Kids! Don’t be timid!

BRAD

PS little dogs chew and pee and bark. Big dogs just lay around.

We did the 2 Minute In Home Visit on each and met the dogs.

We have ZERO animal damage.

So true. Folks EVEN buy pet insurance for their fur-babies!!!

We became a 2 dog family from 20 plus years of only cats 3 years ago.

" We have Zero animal damage".

Meaning none or nothing.

I have properties with large fenced yards and I would normally accept up to three carefully screened dogs. But now the majority of my houses are in HOAs that limit pets to two per house. Still, two dogs and a nice fenced yard gets me some really nice renters, often homeowners who got the pets while they owned their own home.

All dogs are interviewed and carefully screen so I know what breed they are and how well they are trained and cared for before they are approved.

I prefer large dogs because they tend to be quieter and easier to house train. But some of the breeds, the gun dogs and terriers, can be wild and crazy puppies, so I don't allow puppies of any breed.