Trying To Find A Home In Pet Friendly Apartment Rentals

By Arthur Anderson


You are prepared to pack your stuff, prepared to leave your old place. Then suddenly, you remember you have a pet. You have not found an apartment yet. The challenge begins. It does not have to sound so full of agony, because it is not like that, although it can be tough.

Give yourself time. Do not be in a hurry but be prepared enough. Check fliers, online advertisements, and other postings of pet friendly apartment rentals. Surely there will be one, waiting for you, since there is in Palm Springs California and any other state and city in the United States. Give it time while you are still currently renting. Do not do it when you are almost moving out.

You have to understand that you can be rejected over and over again when you tell potential landlords about it. Put yourself in their situation. It is tough for them too and they cannot just agree with you, right then and there. There may be a time when they had a bad experience with old tenants before, who owned pets and they just want to stand with this decision, this time around.

There are many factors why you will be refused. He may have neighbors who just cannot come around with animals living near them. There may have been members of management or other tenants allergic to pets and they cannot risk it, for fear of losing business. It is not that they do not want the pets there just because. Landlords have reasons too. Understandable reasons.

Make a resume for your cat or dog. Yes, a CV for them is good. Like behavior trainings, vaccination records and other documents that may be of help. Show pictures to the owner of the apartment. Show your it but try not too sound as if you are trying to upsell it. Be honest and keep it professional.

Know that you are not alone in this kind of situation. There are others too. Know that you may have been here before and think about that time and how you were able to get it over with. Use some reference that may help, like a testimony on paper from your previous landlord about your pet.

Be open and flexible about potentially getting a place of rental for you and your pet. Do not be too choosy. You cannot expect too much when trying to find a place that will accept your cat or dog. By following this, you continue to be a responsible owner.

Offer to pay some price higher than other tenants, as you should. It will then be easier to get the approval of the management. Let them see the dog for themselves for assurance. Let them check its vaccination records and other helpful reference documents. Do not push it. Know when a no is a no.

Having a pet is comforting. You have a companion that sits with you at home. It makes loneliness easier to deal with. That may be why it is also just as hard to get a place that accepts them with you. However, you can admit that it is all worth it.




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