Comments on: Pet Deposits and Roomates http://www.minnesotainvestmentrealestate.com/tenants/pet-deposits-and-roomates/ How to find, buy, and own investment property. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Gall http://www.minnesotainvestmentrealestate.com/tenants/pet-deposits-and-roomates/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 John Gall Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:57:39 +0000 http://www.minnesotainvestmentrealestate.com/?p=1011#comment-1536 As a follow up to this. A lesson I learned. NEVER return the pet deposit quickly. My tenants wanted to move early and they were a pain in the butt. They had to be chased for rent all the time. During the walk through they had just shampooed the carpets so everythign smelled great. They needed cash to get to their next place and out of mine so I returned the pet deposit and regular deposit after deducting obvious non-pet related stuff. My new tenants start moving stuff in and complain about uring smell in the kids bedrooms. I go over and don't smell anything until I start measuring for carpet. Disturbing the carpet by kneeling, walking caused what I can only imagine to be dry urine dust to rise and cause then entire room to small like urine. Upon pulling up the carpet the wood floor and underside and pad were totally stained with a year of pee from the two dogs. I replaced two rooms of carpet and kilz'd the subfloor. When I took them to consiliation court I gave the judge pictures and carpet invoices. She said that because I gave the deposit back after a walkthorugh I gave up my right to damages. I COMPLETELY disagree as I usually don't pull up carpet during walkthough's. So be warned. Keep the deposit until you are positive about damage. No good deed goes unpunished in Anoka county. As a follow up to this. A lesson I learned. NEVER return the pet deposit quickly. My tenants wanted to move early and they were a pain in the butt. They had to be chased for rent all the time. During the walk through they had just shampooed the carpets so everythign smelled great. They needed cash to get to their next place and out of mine so I returned the pet deposit and regular deposit after deducting obvious non-pet related stuff. My new tenants start moving stuff in and complain about uring smell in the kids bedrooms. I go over and don’t smell anything until I start measuring for carpet. Disturbing the carpet by kneeling, walking caused what I can only imagine to be dry urine dust to rise and cause then entire room to small like urine. Upon pulling up the carpet the wood floor and underside and pad were totally stained with a year of pee from the two dogs. I replaced two rooms of carpet and kilz’d the subfloor. When I took them to consiliation court I gave the judge pictures and carpet invoices. She said that because I gave the deposit back after a walkthorugh I gave up my right to damages. I COMPLETELY disagree as I usually don’t pull up carpet during walkthough’s. So be warned. Keep the deposit until you are positive about damage. No good deed goes unpunished in Anoka county.

]]> By: mls mn http://www.minnesotainvestmentrealestate.com/tenants/pet-deposits-and-roomates/comment-page-1/#comment-1182 mls mn Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:11:32 +0000 http://www.minnesotainvestmentrealestate.com/?p=1011#comment-1182 Thanks for this info regarding pets and investment property Scott Thanks for this info regarding pets and investment property Scott

]]> By: John Gall http://www.minnesotainvestmentrealestate.com/tenants/pet-deposits-and-roomates/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 John Gall Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:47:20 +0000 http://www.minnesotainvestmentrealestate.com/?p=1011#comment-1174 Thanks Scott, Very helpful to see how others handle this. Thanks Scott,

Very helpful to see how others handle this.

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