Wow. I am all for pets, but I prefer pets with a single or couple. I have had families with NO pets, and their small children destroyed the place. Broken blinds, broken built in drawers, and more… they were just really hard on the place.
On the other hand, pet owners are a bit more desperate because as noted in this thread, landlords don’t want to rent to tenants with pets.
Of the 4 different tenants that have had pets, every time the house was returned in good condition. I think it is more important to see the pet, and understand the person/s relationship with the animal. For instance, I would rather take a female with an inside dachsund, rather than a family with 2 outside Pitbulls.(nothing against Pits, they are actually wonderful, loving dogs, but many of the people that choose Pits are not so wonderful) Or a couple with a lab, rather than a couple with 2 small chihuahua dogs (they urinate constantly and are hard to housebreak). It really all depends.
