Pet fee for monthly rental

shawn said:
How the fuck is it that you can use asymptotic correctly in a sentence, but can't spell ridiculous?
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because spelling and grammar are different things
 
RatLabGuy said:
because spelling and grammar are different things
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Bullshit. If you're smart enough to spell asymptotic correctly, you're smart enough to remember there's no e in ridiculous.
 
shawn said:
Bullshit. If you're smart enough to spell asymptotic correctly, you're smart enough to remember there's no e in ridiculous.
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you clearly don't understand how being smart works.
 
RatLabGuy said:
you clearly don't understand how being smart works.
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Didn’t you and I once have like a 4 hour or 12 pack conversation about the correlation between degree of difficulty and degree of accuracy?
As I recall a less intelligent person has a higher accuracy rate on easier tasks than a more intelligent one.

Explains why I am a dumbass
 
The best day of my life was the day my Mom's family finally sold the last rental property my Grandpa owned.
Half again deposit sounds high, but fair.
I'm all for being pet friendly, but I've also seen damage done.

But then again, I would burn the place to the ground before dealing with renters unless I did it 100% full time and it was my business.
 
so real question. are you renting it out to help someone you know out or just as an additional chuck of cash to have? If the later have you thought about doing it as an AirBnB? I dont personally have one but we have considered hard buying a house to use as an AirBnB. the space could generate more revenue for you than a monthly rental, with less days of it being used.
 
RatLabGuy said:
I'm not at all doubting its expensive to replace and fix shit from pets. I'm sure its a nightmare. I love my dog and, well, tolerate the cats, but I cannot stand the smell of my own house.
And I have zero interest in being a landlord and dealing with peopl... and their pets...

But does it cost you an increasing amount for every month? Is the damage 4x as bad after 4 months as 1 month, and 24x as bad after 2 years etc? I assume the cost is asymptotic over time, a lot of damage early on and then it slows way down in accrual. Is that right or do damages continue to acrue?

Just charge a big ass flat fee that will cover any and everything, and a big ass deposit. Or don't allow it. Just seems more transparent and connected to the actual cost.
When we rented our last place the landlord had something like a $500 or $1000 pet charge. We only had a cat and I'd have rather ditched the cat, but wife and kid didn't agree. He gave the option of paying it monthly for a year (note, making it about ths ame as Ron's monthly) but then it was done. We rented about 2 years and it seems reasonable in hindsight.

All I know is, my wife's parents rented the same place for 7 years with a dog. At $100 a month that would have been $8400 in pet fees. That would be a rediculous amount forked over for the doggo.
But I'll concede, you guys in the business know the math of how it works out much better than I would.
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and before the total derail...also yeah the longer the animal is there the more damage incidents that will occur. and if not....then profit. A landlord is in it to make money.
 
Loganwayne said:
so real question. are you renting it out to help someone you know out or just as an additional chuck of cash to have? If the later have you thought about doing it as an AirBnB? I dont personally have one but we have considered hard buying a house to use as an AirBnB. the space could generate more revenue for you than a monthly rental, with less days of it being used.
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it also has much higher insurance and maintenance rates and is much more labor intensive. With an Airbnb you are cleaning it every rental and you are turning it over and inspecticng for damage every rntal and granting access eveyr rental and playing collections agent every rental.

it aint all its cracked up to be
 
Loganwayne said:
so real question. are you renting it out to help someone you know out or just as an additional chuck of cash to have?
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A bit of both. It's a coworker. They are looking for a house, and the apartment they were in jacked the rates AND wanted a 1 year contract. I'm giving them a month-to-month place to land and buying them some time for housing to cool off. And I like making money.
Loganwayne said:
If the later have you thought about doing it as an AirBnB?
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Thought about it, but I like being in control of my space more than I like making money. I have only offered the space up to people who I get a good feeling about and would be willing to deal with for a certain period of time. @Andy J. was the best renter ever, I hardly knew he was there until the check showed up.
 
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