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The service you are looking for is known as property management. As a general rule expect to pay about 10 to 15% of total rent to the property manager for their services. You will still have to pay for any maintenance expenses on the property. You may have to pay an additional amount for advertising to fill the property in between tenants.

This is a growing problem in the United States. HUD has continued to loosen the definition of what qualifies as a service animal and the courts are backing them up. It is very easy to go online and get an Emotional Support Animal (ESA) certificate by just entering your credit card number and answering some questions so an online “doctor” can conduct an “online medical examination”. This is very simply a pay to play scheme that allows a tenant to claim virtually any pet as an ESA and avoid pet deposits and no-pet restrictions on rentals.In the current atmosphere, there is very little that a landlord can do to prevent this from happening and case law shows that if taken to court, the courts will side with the tenant. The only hope is to stay small so you are not subject to HUD rules or go big enough that you can absorb the damage caused by these pets in sheep’s clothing.This is going to result in lower availability of rental units and higher prices for all renters. Want to know why?There you go. That is the back of the carpet in one of my units that I’m repairing now. That is all urine soaked completely through the carpet. The carpet is less than 2 years old and a complete loss. The hardwood floors stained by urine scratched by the dog’s nails also beyond recovery. Over $5k in damage and the former renters are incredulous that I’m suing them for the damage beyond their security deposit. I’ll feel lucky if I get to recover 50% of it.I don’t allow pets in any of my rentals, but the sneaky little trick tenants play is they don’t have or don’t disclose they have a pet until they have the lease and the keys and when you find out about it, they produce the online ESA paperwork and you are stuck until the end of the lease.These types of tenants are ruining the reputation for people with legitimate needs. My response? Rents and security deposits are going up across the board to cover the damages incurred.

Does a landlord have the right to interfere with a tenant's behavior towards their children and contact Child Protective Services?ANYONE has the right to contact CPS if they feel the need to do so. Some people MUST do it (mandated reporters) but landlords are not in that category.As for “interfering with a tenant’s behavior towards their children” - that depends on the behavior.If the tenant is chasing the children with a weapon, threatening to kill them, then the landlord absolutely has the right - and the moral obligation - to interfere himself, and to contact the proper authorities.If the tenant is locking the children outside in the snow without adequate clothing, then the landlord absolutely has the right - and the moral obligation - to interfere, and to contact the proper authorities.If the tenant is yelling at the children for playing in the mud, breaking windows, or making too much noise, then no, the landlord has no right or obligation to interfere himself.