Pros and Cons of Pet Friendly Apartments

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• Pet Friendly Apartments in Hattiesburg MS
• Pets are regarded as family members by many
  households. On an average 70 of households have
  one or more pets mostly dogs. These families
  when searching for renting apartments inevitably
  must seek only pet friendly apartments, since
  pets are inseparable from their families and so
  they dont want to compromise on this issue.
• But from the landlords or owners of apartments
  viewpoints, there is some sort of reluctance in
  allowing pets. Authentic surveys go to show that
  only 55 of the owners are ready to allow pets.
  However, there is an upsurge of awareness in the
  minds of these home owners that their property
  should be considered as pet friendly
  apartments,since the plusses are more than the
  minuses.
• Plusses pointed out
• More demand is there for pet friendly apartments
  from the prospective tenants. No owner will be
  willing to keep their apartments vacant for a
  longer period.
• The owners can charge somewhat higher rents when
  compared to other apartments. The occupants will
  be willing to pay the same, since it is very
  difficult to locate comfortable and convenient
  residential apartments that are pet-friendly.
• There is additional income too since the house
  owners at various Cities and Towns charge either
  a Pet Deposit at the time of occupancy or a Pet
  Rent proportionately calculated per pet every
  month.
• Pet owners stick to the pet friendly
  apartmentslonger andwill be readily renewing the
  Rental Agreement, taking into consideration
  their present comforts and fearing
  non-availability of such apartments that are
  friendlier to their darlings. A survey shows this
  ratio is 46 months of retention as against just
  18 months for normal apartments.
• There is evidence to show that owners with pets
  are more responsible and compassionate with
  other tenants comparatively.
• The value of pet friendly apartmentsas a property
  escalates over a period steadily, when
• compared to others, since the vacancy rate is low
  and there is high demand.
• Minuses in allowing Pets
• Possible damage caused by pets to the property
  structures by chewed wood, cables or wires,
  scratch marks and destroyed landscape etc.
• Nuisance caused by barking and other noises
• Scare to other tenants by sounds, biting or
  fighting with other pets etc.
• It is alleged that oftentimes pets cause
  Allergies to the residents of apartments and so
  Condos Association might strongly object to
  pets, considering them as health hazards.