I agree about the dogs. We currently rent and had a heck of a time finding a place that would accept dogs and that had a big enough back yard for the dogs to run around. We ended up in a pretty run down place. So run down that the owners didn’t care that we had dogs because the yard was already dead and the carpet/paint in bad shape. We are good dog owners and if even we had been able to find a nice place the dogs wouldn’t have done any damage. But the stereotype of dog owners is hard to overcome. Definetly a downside to renting.