Do I really have to pay another pet deposit?
I moved into my current apartment over two years ago, and I had a small dog with me. I paid a $200 pet fee at the time. My dog recently passed on, so last week, I decided to adopt a cat. Today, I told my apartment manager about the cat, and she wants me to pay a $300 pet fee because it's an "additional animal." I explained to her that the dog had passed on and that the $200 fee I'd already paid should be still be plenty to cover any damages (there werent' any from the dog, and I don't expect any from the cat). I'm only going to be living in the apartment until July 23, which is when my lease expires. The manager said that it didn't matter if I had two animals living in the apartment, the pet fee applies to each animal (which is what the lease says, but it's ambiguous because it seems to imply that each animal is living in the apartment, not that one passed away and another is added). This seems ridiculous to me. How is it legal to charge me $300 for another pet if I only have one pet living in the apartment. It would seem that one pet in the apartment = one deposit.
Seriously, How do you sneak a pet into an apartment which doesnt allow pets?
Yeah, I tried a couple of times lying on my rental application about not having a pet. Unfortunately, they always find out. One time, I was away for the evening when the water heater broke and water started leaking into the apt below me and since I wasn't home and it was an emergency, the landlord had every right to enter my apt to shut off the water. I didn't get my deposit back, had to pay the landlord the remainder of my lease since I was the one who breached the contract, and worse, I couldn't use it as a reference for the next rental. In another apartment, the opaque film I had placed on the window (to obscure the view in, so that the landlord couldn't see my cat) peeled off enough that the cat was obvious. I pretty much had the same situation repeat itself except this time the landlord also hit me for damages he claimed was caused by my cat; I couldn't prove the damages weren't and even though my cat was declawed, I got stuck buying brand new carpet for the entire freakin place. Don't do it.
Why won't landlords rent to pet owners?
I have lots of experience with this …First, I would like to reiterate most of the answers here, namely: damage, noise, smell, other inconsiderate things in common spaces, etc, etc.And many other posts address ‘bad pet owners’ in a sort of generic way (and as an aside, this is ABSOLUTELY a thing! People say they love their pets, then proceed to let them do tons of crazy bad things.)But there’s something missing here, something I don’t feel has been directly addressed head on … ABUSE !!!You go into people’s dwellings and the cat has no fresh water, or perhaps no water whatsoever. The dog comes over to you almost begging for attention, or is chained in a closed closet. The turtle is in a terrarium and the water therein is so green and dirty, it’s not even really water any more.The balcony is covered in feces (not ‘the dog went earlier today’, and there’s one piece; more like there’s two months worth of crap out there, and the dog can’t find a place to go anymore.The cat does not really have a litter box, because the litter is one solid, congealed, rock hard mass, and the owner says “sorry about the smell, the cat started going outside the box a month ago…” Geez, you think? I wonder why?‘Hey, look at that super-skinny cat hanging around’, ‘Wait, that looks like X’s cat!’, ‘They moved out a month ago’, ‘OMG, they abandoned their cat!’What some people might not perhaps appreciate is: that a great many people, more than perhaps is recognized, ABUSE their pets, either directly, or through horrible, blatant, terrible neglect.Then you, as a Landlord, stumble into this situation … then what? Do you look the other way? Do you report them? Do you kidnap the pets and turn them over to the authorities/shelter? If the pets get taken, will they ultimately end up getting euthanized? It puts you in a terrible position, as the Landlord.And moreover, you likely turn your relationship with the Tenant into a nuclear wasteland by getting involved. Tenants never say ‘yeah, I’m abusing my pet, sorry, I’ll stop now.’TLDR: So, for me, this is another aspect of pets which makes Landlording very difficult - Some pet owners ABUSE their pets.
I want a cat, Landlord says No. I love my apartment though?
I have done it before, but it's a tough way to go. I was always paranoid that I would be caught. I know how you feel, you basically have two choices though . . . First, go to your local shelter and sneak in your new kitty. Or, move (or wait til you move). Now, all that being said, if the management company is not on grounds and they are hardly ever there you could be okay. If they catch you, offer to pay an additional security deposit. Oh wait, I almost forgot . . . I had a friend that found a loop hole, if you go to a doctor (for mental health or otherwise) ask them to write you a note for a reason you must have a pet. For example, it keeps you calm if you have high blood pressure or that you are emotionally unstable without one. This may not apply if you are a renter though. Get creative, but be sure first! If you do take the chance and get caught, don't give up the kitty, just move. Something else better will come along. Also, ask other tenants that you are friendly with, not someone that could potentially blow your secret if you do get a cat/kitty :)! Good luck . . .
Is eviction and termination of lease the same? (IL resident)?
So when we moved into out apartment, our lease said no pets but the landlord told us it was actually ok and that the neighbor upstairs and next to us had dogs. We had made sure because we wanted a cat. Well months later, we asked him again and he told us it was fine. Well come four months later with our cats, he leaves us a lovely little notice that we have ten days to get rid of the cats. "You are hereby notified that in consequence of your default in having a cat in the premises, contrary to the terms and provisions of the lease between the parties, you have 10 days to remove the cat and verify its removal with the landlord. In the even that you fail to remove the cat within that time, the landlord has elected to terminate your lease, and you are hereby notifieed to quit and deliver up possesion of the same to the landlord with 10 days of this date. In order to cure your default, you must, within 10 days have the cat removed from the premises and notify the landlord of said removal and contact our attorney." Now, I can't deal with this guy. Granted, I know it was stupid of us to not get it in writing however, is there a way for me to get out and lose as less money as possible. I have a feeling we're going to lose the security deposit regardless so I kind of don't care and my cats mean a lot to me and I'm so disappointed in him considering we had a good relationship with this landlord...I just dont want to be there. I'm wondering if we dont remove the cats in those ten days and we pack all of our stuff and leave (we already paid this month anyway) what else is in this process? Do we owe the rest of the two other months? Is it the same as an eviction? Will it showup on our credit? If i know its possible, I'd like to leave within the next ten days. Thank you! PS the landlord NOW told us that those other people had their pets written in their lease....
What is the hardest thing you faced in Canada as a new immigrant?
Surviving is very hard here.I moved to London, Canada in May 2018 as a student, new immigrant ready to be exploited by my fellow Asians.Since last three months it’s been very hard for me. Below are my notes for my fellow Indians who’s coming to Canada with big dreams.Make sure you have enough money to cover your expenses. Toronto monthly required $700 and other cities $500 per month to cover your all bills.Jobs. Be ready to loose your self respect. I am computer engineer graduated from top university with 3 years of work experience and one of my friend is graduated from IIT and worked for 2 years in India and now we both are working at Shell gas station and our manager daily abuse us by saying you don’t know how to do the work. Be ready to face that and accept that. You still need to continue your work to cover your expenses.Cleaning. All most all of the jobs required cleaning. Be ready to wash toilet and bathrooms. Remember this. I feel very bad for this.No Jobs is easy. It will drain you completely. No matter what job are you doing. First 3 month you will think that India is lot better than this.Study is easy but assignments are very hard. Plagiarism is big thing here.People follow rules everywhere. You should too.Don’t work with Asians. Try to work with white people or black people. They are nicest people i have met in Canada. Indian and Pakistanis will take everything from your time and gives you nothing in the name of training.Comment if you want to know more.
How do I hide cats from my landlord?
ah, yes...evading the horrible pet deposit. I've done it at all of my apartments. :) as long as your cats are fully potty trained... you shouldn't have a problem! Keep them out of windows that face the main parking lot... when I left, I'd lock them in a back room.... I'd ask the landlord to always call before coming over or to let you know in advance if there will be routine maintenance.... If they do have to come.. take the cats to a friends... or, make sure you're there when someone is coming and have a friend come over too. Put the friend in the back room w/ the cats so they won't meow like crazy and get you busted. IF your cat is not FULLY litter boxed trained, you'll have a hard time getting out of it. but, at my last place... they accused me of having cats (which I completely and utterly denied)... they said they had to replace the carpets in the whole place.. and I fought them tooth and nail on it.. because I KNOW my cats didn't pee on the carpet.. total BS... so, you can still fight it and win.. they wanted me to pay 300bucks for new carpet--I agreed to pay $50 to super clean to carpets. good luck. :) AND.. promise if you DO get caught you won't get rid of your babies.. you have to be prepared to pay the deposit if you get caught..if not, you need to find a place w/ a more reasonable pet deposit policy! :)
What is the best thing that has ever happened to you for being nice?
True story !!!In one of the reputed medical colleges of India, it was the day of final year university exams.A student was reading from books spread all around him. Today was the day for which he had worked hard since whole year. He decided to skip the meal so that he could take a glance over maximum topics.While he was searching for a taxi to take him to the university, he saw an old lady walking slowly. Being an MBBS student he came to know that the lady must be suffering from a severe disease.He had the option to ignore and reach the university on time. But he decided to take the lady to the hospital where she was diagnosed with acute bronchial asthma. He read the prescription. He purchased the medicines that were bronchodilators and handed them to the lady.Now he proceeded for exams. He was little nervous as he had no time to revise. Question papers were distributed and he was amazed to see the first question-"How will you manage acute bronchial asthma ?" Maybe this was the best that happened to the student as a result of being nice. Maybe this were the blessings of the poor old lady. May be this was the result of giving priority to humanity even 1 hour before career determining exams. May be this is a live example of teaching humanity by god.P.S.- this is the incident of BJ medical college of Gujarat.EDIT: This is my first answer on quora with 1k+ upvotes.Thank you dear quorans.EDIT : Thanks to Balraj Parmar for edits.
What was the happiest mistake you ever made?
This didn’t happen to me, but it happened to a friend.My friend Tony lived paycheck to paycheck in assorted jobs. He inherited $50,000 when his grandmother passed away. His friends convinced him to invest the money rather than spend it on a new car, vacations, etc., and eventually he agreed. Another friend, Jack, who worked in finance, convinced him to put the $50,000 into Cisco stock. This was back in April 2000, just before the tech bubble burst, and Cisco was at its all-time high, around $75 a share. Then the bubble burst, and the stock crashed.Two and a half years later, we were all at a wedding of a mutual friend, and the friend who recommended Cisco was very embarrassed and apologized profusely for his recommendation.Tony: What do you mean? Why are you sorry you made that recommendation?Jack: Because the stock tanked right after you invested, and it's continued to go down and down; your $50,000 investment is now probably worth $6000 or $7000. Haven’t you looked at your statements?Tony: Sure, I’ve looked at the statements; it’s up to about $83,000! It’s doing great!Jack: You must have misread your statement; maybe it said $8300? When was that statement?Tony: Maybe two weeks ago, and I’m sure it said $83,000!Jack: That’s impossible!After the reception we all went back to Tony’s apartment and Tony pulled out his last statement, which indeed did say $83,000!Then we saw why; Tony bought the “wrong” stock!Jack had told him to buy Cisco (the high tech company), and Tony bought Sysco (the food distribution company); both stocks are pronounced exactly the same. While Cisco crashed, Sysco did great!So that was a very happy ‘mistake’ that Tony made!
Have you ever met someone you didn’t know was famous?
Kim Sharma.This was way back in 2003–04. Either of those years.There was a place called Primrose in North Goa. One of the most happening places then. Since I am a Goan, all these places were well known to us and we used to party a lot here.One fine day, we were at the bar and Tony who was serving the guests walks up to us and says. Tony is a friend.Tony: Dude, some hep chicks at the front.Me: Our types?Tony: Way over your types.Me: Oh, perfect.Now this place used to get pretty crowed late nights and with folks from all over the world. A quick tip on how “cool” were certain guests to mingle with was a big advantage.Note: Please don’t get naughty thoughts in your minds. We were all there for a good night out and no creepy intentions. We used to make a huge number of friends. Remember we didn’t need Tinder, still don’t. ;)Me (To the rest of the group): Guys, I am going in. Give covering fire.What that meant was, keep a look out for the guy friends of the girl group I am going to approach.Me (To this girl who looked awesomely cute): Hey. New here?She: Hi, no not really.Me: North East?She: Nah, Mumbai. You?Me: Next door really, Goan.She: Oh awesome.Me: Want to join our group over there, you can get your friends along.She: Oh, why not. We are getting ignored here anyways.Me (And we head over to our spot): Hey guys, this is. Oh god, I didnt ask your name.Friend 1: Her name is Kim.Me (Stunned): You know her.Friend 2: You don’t watch Bollywood movies, you won’t know.Me: Who? What?She: I have worked in a few movies. HA HA HA HA.Then the rest of the group makes themselves comfortable around the bar.We partied the whole night, danced and had a good time. She was a good sport.Parted ways somewhere in the morning.Next day I did a web search and felt proud. :DEDIT: 11 April 2018Since the answer has been getting some views, I tried to look up some of her de-glamorous images to try and match how she looked then. Found a closest one here.Source: Kim Sharma _ BharatStudent.ComThanks for reading.Cheers and Have FunAbhi