Re: Pet Deposit, How Much - Landlord Forum thread 238450

Re: Pet Deposit, How Much by Anonymous on October 26, 2011 @00:44

Hi,

I'm one of the many "traumatized" landlords who promised to never rent my house to tenants with pets again after loosing more than 4K in dog related damages in one year. At the same time, I'm also an animal lover who would like to help animals when possible.

I found your post to be very informative and interesting. The only thing that I'm not so sure about is the idea of relying on the local court system for damage cost recovery. From personal experience and from talking with some other landlords, taking a tenant to court seems to be a very stressful and time consuming process that comes with no guarantees whatsoever. As with many small court cases, the final outcomes depends largely on the judge's personal beliefs. Do you disagree with that?

In any case, I would be very interested to know if you could provide a sample rental contract agreement with the clauses you suggested. Who knows, it may help me get the guts to try it again...

Thanks!

Gus

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